Which bed rail for seniors is best? As we get older, it is inevitable that some activities become more difficult or have an increased potential for injury. This can even include basic things like ...

About 1.5 million adult bed rails have been recalled in the United States and Canada after being linked to the suffocation deaths of two elderly people. The bed rails, made by the Illinois-based ...

When the nurse entered the room, she was stunned. Before her lay the lifeless body of an elderly patient who had fallen out of bed. The woman’s head was lodged between the mattress and a bed rail, a ...

Nearly 500,000 bed rails sold nationwide are being recalled following two separate reports of deaths by asphyxiation for adult users trapped between their bed rails and mattresses. The recall involves ...

Guard rails to keep the elderly from falling out of bed can instead become cages that may kill or injure, according to a report. From 1985 to 2013, the Food and Drug Administration received 901 ...

The Consumer Products Safety Commission is warning against the use of Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bed rails, which are tied to the deaths of three people. Two of those deaths occurred in ...

Bed rails shouldn’t be deadly. That’s why Medline Industries recalled about 1.5 million Medline Bed Assist Bar adult bed rails sold over almost 15 years. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

Deaths and injuries from entrapments in bed rails continue to be a problem, especially for the frail, the cognitively impaired, or incapacitated elderly. This is an issue not only for home users of ...

Over a million sets of adult bed rails are being recalled after two entrapment deaths were reported. The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Medline Industries LP announced the recall on May 30.