Strategies on fall prevention for older people living in the community A report from a round-table meeting in IAGG 2013 热度: 葛蕾丝的坠落(AFallfromGrace)2020 MyhusbandandIworkedforeverythingIhad. Don’tcomenearme! Okay,okay. Okay.Hey,youdon’twannadothis. ...
fall preventionelderlycommunityOver the past decade, a number of programs and strategies have been proposed and developed in an effort to reduce risks among the elderly in relation to falling or sustaining fall related injuries. Programs vary in their approach, and also in their target populations....
videos, posters). We distinguished references to “ongoing consultation strategies” (which provided consultations focused on fall prevention implementation strategies) from references to medical consultation to solve medical problems linked to falls. Thus, three additional strategies have been identified under...
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (2005) Prevention of Falls and Fall Injuries in the Older Adult. (Revised). Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, Toronto, Canada Rubenstein LZ (2006) Falls in older people: epidemiology, risk factors and strategies for prevention. Age Ageing 35:ii...
Risk factors for serious fall related injury in elderly women living at home. Inj Prev. 2004;10:308–13. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Rubenstein LZ. Falls in older people: epidemiology, risk factors and strategies for prevention. Age Ageing. 2006;35(Suppl 2):ii37–41...
The emphasis of the iStoppFalls project is not on laboratory research but on active implementation of existing technologies and evidence-based fall prevention strategies for older people living in the community. The iStoppFalls system uses innovative technologies that can be integrated in people’s ho...
Pre-fall policies and procedures encompassed: a) the definition of a fall; b) fall risk assessments in SCI rehabilitation; and, c) fall prevention strategies. The post-fall policies and procedures included: a) recovery from a fall; b) incident reporting process; and, c) fall classification....
This essay critically analyzes fall prevention intervention in diabetic elderly population and its impact on their health and wellbeing.
Objective: To compare the use of fall prevention strategies by people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who do or do not fall.Design: Prospective cohort. All assessments were completed between January 2011 and December 2011. Data used in this analysis were collected as part of an observational study...
Due to the increasing proportion of older people in society [1], efficient and effective evidence-based practice (EBP) strategies for managing fall prevention in primary health care are of great importance. Offering customized health services as people become older is a common challenge across Europe...