1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/falls/adultfalls.html, accessed 10/11/17 ConnectiCare, Inc. is an HMO/HMO-POS plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in ConnectiCare depends on contract renewal.Recent...
Method: Observational checklist was prepared from recommended standards of homesafety for fall prevention and modified to screen the individual rooms in rural houses of elders. A total of 655 houses were screened for the study. Results: Common housing risk for fall identifi...
Daylight Saving Time comes to an ends this weekend, officially at 2:00 am Sunday morning. It's a good time to focus on some home safety measures as we head into the winter. You know the old saying, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." When I think about Daylight Sav...
How predictive is a home-safety checklist of indoor fall risk for the elderly living in the community? Objectives: Development and evaluation of a homesafety checklist of indoor fall risk for the elderly living in the community. Methods: A checklist of indoo... P Stalenhoef,J Diederiks,A Kn...
An estimated six out of 10 falls happen in the home, which is why it’s wise to bring in an outside expert to do a thorough safety evaluation of the residence. If you decide to do this type of assessment on your own, use a formal checklist—like this one from the CDC—to guide ...
The COREQ checklist is shown in Appendix 1. Participants and setting A purposive sample of paramedics and ambulance officers, with at least one year (working either full time, or part time equivalent, of one year) of clinical experience working on-road in WA formed the participant group [21...
Perceived fall risk and functional decline: gender differences in Patient's willingness to discuss fall risk, fall history, or to have a home safety evaluation. Yale J Biol Med. 2016;89(2):261–7. PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Gates S, Smith LA, Fisher JD, Lamb SE. Systematic ...
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validity and reliability;home environments;falls;elderly 1. Introduction Falls are a major public health problem in the elderly. The WHO Global Report on Falls Prevention in Older Age estimates that approximately 28–35% of adults aged over 65 years will report at least one fall each year [1]...