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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 ...
Falling is a significant challenge in old age, often leading to isolation, self-imposed limitation, reduced movement, and muscle strength. This study aimed to explore the fear of falling and its related factors in older adults following a fall in Kashan,
This research aimed to study the burden of accidental falls on inpatient capacity of Kuwait's public hospitals through quantifying the fall-related hospitalizations, in- patient service days (bed days), and the length of stay at- tributed to accidental falls. Fall outcomes that are expected to ...
Background: The fall prevention activities of nursing staff are emphasized more in order to reduce the incidence of falls in elderly people in long-term care hospitals. Objectives: To examine the extent of knowledge and attitude about falls and the degree of fall prevention activities among ...
In summary, the physiotherapists have verified that the robot performance is adequate for patient fall prevention. Fig. 16 A physiotherapist evaluating MRBA with different types of loss of balance motion. Top: tilting to one side while standing. Bottom: simulating a fall when walking with MRBA ...
In the absence of effective, sustainable solutions, many hospitals have resorted to the labor-intensive approach of assigning a member of the healthcare staff to sit in the at-risk patient’s room 24/7 to ensure the patient’s safety. This strategy consumes tens of thousands of valuable staff...
This prospective, observational cohort study was performed in two academic hospitals in Belgium from October 2009 till July 2011. Patients aged 70 years and older, in whom a cancer treatment decision had to be made due to new diagnosis or disease progression/relapse, were approached by a trained...
Falls can cause very serious consequences—as expressed in Allcock and O’Shea (2000)“of those admitted to hospitals after a fall, only about half are alive 1 year later”. Therefore, fall detection and prevention is an active and critical area of research because it can help elderly ...