Some mentioned fall prevention education, exercise, wearing appropriate shoes, environmental adjustments, and seeking assistance from others as methods of preventing future falls. Most patients reported adopting a safety-seeking attitude after experiencing hip fracture. Many patients had negative thoughts ...
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Provide patient / family education on fall prevention and safety measures, document education provided and extent to which patient and family understand.Date Initiated Date Changed/ Resolved Initials Problem: Patient at Risk for Falls.Outcome: Minimize patient’s fall risk.Interventions: Based on ...
Primary care nurse practitioners who care for older adults can minimize the risk for falls by using specific assessment and prevention strategies.关键词: Keywords fall prevention in older adults falls multifactorial fall risk assessment older adults ...
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 community settings. We conducted an umbrella review to ...
Given the various causes of falls, prevention, and management must be multidimensional and interprofessional. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a multidisciplinary instrument used in the evaluation of older patients at risk of falling. In addition to the history and physical examination, ...
Possible educational strategies as interventions for fall prevention programs are discussed.FINDINGS. It is suggested that education goals for nurses need to not only promote their professional knowledge and skills in implementing a fall prevention program but also cultivate their caring attitudes. 展开 ...
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: The literature is clear that prevention of falls involves multifactorial interventions and interdisciplinary collaboration. Falls are the most common cause of non fatal injuries for people older than 65 years old in the United States and increases the person's morbidity and mortality...
exercise, rest, and sleep) by continuously monitoring, and notifies the health care providers via an alarm instantly after the fall occurs, in order to take corresponding measures as soon as possible to avoid adverse consequences to the greatest extent and safeguard patient's safety from all d...
Fall prevention through proper assessment and intervention will not only decrease morbidity and mortality, but will also help maintain patient independence and quality of life, a primary goal of geriatric care. 展开 被引量: 6 年份: 2001