Preventing falls is a priority for aged care providers. Research to date has focused on fall prevention strategies in single settings (e.g., residential aged care (RAC) or community settings). However, some aged care providers deliver care, including fall prevention interventions, across RAC and...
The most successful take into account the multifactorial causes of falls, and include interventions to improve strength and functional status, reduce environmental hazards, and allow staff to identify and monitor high-risk residents. Regular evaluations in the nursing home can help identify patients at...
Methods Design, Setting, and Randomization This study was a cluster-randomized trial of 24 nursing homes with blinded outcomes assessment. Interventions took place over 6 months between 2012 and 2015, and resident falls were collected for the 6 months prior to and 6 months following the interventi...
In that perspective, at least two different risk groups are distinguished in this paper: in the first place, senior citizens living independently at home and still living an active life, and secondly senior citizens admitted to nursing homes or care facilities, who are frail and most vulnerable....
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educating older adults about extrinsic falls risk factors. Awareness of home hazard detection was raised by the game, and some older adults became more aware for the need to adapt their own homes after gameplay. Further research would be needed to draw comparisons with established interventions. ...
Gillespie LD, Robertson MC, Gillespie WJ, Sherrington C, Gates S, Clemson LM, Lamb SE: Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012, 9: CD007146 Google Scholar Lee AY, Tan J, Koh J, Fook-Chong SM, Lo NN, Howe TS: Fi...
Fear of falling is important for HRQOL in older fallers receiving home care. This association is independent of physical measures. Better physical function is significantly associated with higher physical HRQOL. Future research should address interventions that reduce fear of falling and increase HRQOL ...
The interventions of these two dementia-specific case conferences will begin with training in the respective model (WELCOME-IdA or WELCOME-NEO) and will be followed by four supported case conferences (on-the-job training). Then, a minimum of four dementia-specific case conferences will be perform...
For example, Tai chi interventions have been shown to reduce the risk of falls by 37% compared to 22% in multi-component group-based exercise [8]. Tai chi integrates multiple physical and cognitive elements that are claimed to be synergetic and involve the whole “body-mind system” rather ...