Establishing an interdisciplinary committee to review and oversee fa- cility-wide and patient-specific fall prevention strategies is one way to streamline the approach.An important step toward fall pre- vention is performing an osteopo- rosis evaluation for elderly patients determined to be at risk...
Overall, evidence is insufficient to make any evidence-based recommendations regardingfall preventionin the dementia population. Optimal fall prevention strategies for patients with dementia are not well elaborated and further research is needed.
Public health perspectives on dementia care emphasize the importance of policy changes, prevention strategies, and resource allocation. Recent policy shifts aim to enhance dementia care by improving access to services and supporting caregiver needs. These changes reflect a growing recognition of the diseas...
Conventional rehabilitation includes gait and balance rehabilitation (with or without the use of assistive devices), fall prevention strategies, high-volume physical exercises, cognitive stimulation, and psychological, behavioral, and occupational therapy (Cations et al., 2018). In recent years, the ...
Fall prevention programs are designed to determine fall risk and prevention strategies while collaborating with the patient’s health care. Informing both the patient and the family will bring an understanding and mindfulness to fall prevention. Falls are devastating to both the patient and the ...
"Examining the multiple factors, including environmental ones like a person's home or neighborhood, is necessary to inform fall-risk screening, caregiver education and support, and prevention strategies for this high-risk population of older adults,"saidcorresponding authorSafiyyah Okoye, who was at ...
Background and aims: Few studies have reported fall-risk factors for persons with dementia, and no successful randomized fall prevention studies have been... S Eriksson,Y Gustafson,L Lundin-Olsson - 《Aging Clinical & Experimental Research》 被引量: 65发表: 2007年 Geriatric trauma in the State...
When caring for a senior with Alzheimer’s at home, it is very challenging to completely prevent wandering. Fortunately, there are steps that dementia caregivers can take to minimize the risk of elopement. Explore the following wandering prevention products and strategies to keep a dementia patient...
We will explore the literature on therapeutic approaches for working with people living with dementia symptoms, as well as existing interventions for BPSD. Both of these areas will be explored within the context of a global community, by grounding our di
“But it is grounds for optimism – this paper adds to the body of evidence suggesting that using preventative strategies might reduce the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in society and that could have very positive impact on us all.” ...