LifePlans Inc. has picked John Hancock Life Insurance Company to help with a study on ways to improve older Americans’ health.
Researchers at LifePlans, Waltham, Mass., will be working with Hancock, Boston, a unit of Manulife Financial Corp., Toronto, to develop and test strategies for keeping older people from falling.
Researchers estimate fall injuries involving Americans ages 65 and older cost the country about $35 billion per year, Hancock says.