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To determine whether an intervention that improves nursing home (NH) staff connections, communication, and problem solving (CONNECT) would improve implementation of a falls reduction education program (FALLS).DesignCluster randomized trial.SettingCommunity (n = 4) and Veterans Affairs (VA) NHs (n =...
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 fal
CONNECT for quality: protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve fall prevention in nursing homes. Implement Sci. 2012;7(1):11.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 25. Colon-Emeric CS, McConnell E, Pinheiro SO, et al. CONNECT for better fall prevention in nursing homes: results ...
Characteristics and effectiveness of fall prevention programs in nursing homes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2015;63(2):211-21. Doi: 10.1111/ jgs.13254.Vlaeyen, E; Coussem, J; Leysens, G; Van der Elst, E...
who found that older people did not accept falls prevention advise as they viewed it as a potential threat to their identity and autonomy. Factors that have been cited as influencing the success of education interventions is whether people find it personally relevant [49,50]. However, in our ...
Medical contraindications to exercise, life expectancy less than 1 year, a score below 23 on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and participating in other falls prevention programmes. Outcome measures The outcome measures for this study were selected based on both theoretical and practical reaso...
SETTING: Six nursing homes in Germany. PARTICIPANTS: Seven hundred twenty-five long-stay residents; median age 86; 80% female. INTERVENTION: Staff and resident education on fall prevention, advice on environmental adaptations, recommendation to wear hip protectors, and progressive balance and ...
Exercise is an accepted stand-alone fall prevention strategy particularly if it is balance training or regular participation in Tai chi. Dance shares the ‘holistic’ approach of practices such as Tai chi. It is a complex sensorimotor rhythmic activity integrating multiple physical, cognitive and ...
TheWashington Postreports South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency recorded at the time of this article at least two cases of the new coronavirus delta-plus variant. Experts believe Delta Plus to be more transmissible than the original delta variant. ...