The role of the pharmacist in fall prevention is health education, to identify those patients at risk of falling and to assist them to minimise their risk and to develop a fall care plan.Truter, ISa Pharmaceutical JournalTruter, I. Falls prevention in the elderly. South Afr. Pharm. J. 2011, 78, 12-17.
Falls account for one of the most common and serious issues contributing to a disability, especially among elderly individuals. Tinetti et al. in 1988 defined a fall as an event that results in a person coming to rest on the ground or other lower-level unintentionally, which is not as a r...
Dr Perlin summarizes methods to assess risk of falling and provides tips on prevention.doi:10.1080/00325481.1992.11701376PerlinElliottTaylor & FrancisPostgraduate MedicinePerlin, E. (1992). Preventing falls in the elderly. Postgraduate Medicine, 91(8), 237-244....
Aim: Primary or secondary study aim was not fall prevention. KQ indicates key question; USPSTF, US Preventive Services Task Force. aStudies may appear in more than 1 intervention category. Figure 3. Pooled Analyses for Multifactorial and Exercise Interventions View LargeDownload IRR indicates ...
, dementia and diabetes. And here’s another major health risk in our golden years: falls. One in 4 people age 65 or older suffers a fall each year, and 3 million wind up in the emergency room for taking a spill. Why is falling so common once we reach a certain age?
Exercise can reduce older people's risk of falling.That is one of the conclusions of a paper published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Every year, about 30 percent of people 65 and older fall. Falls sometimes kill the elderly and often land them in nursing ...
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Falls are a major source of death and injury in elderly people. For example, they cause 90% of hip fractures and the current cost of hip fractures in the U
Keywords Elderly Falls Falls prevention Older adults Tai Chi Tai Ji Quan 1. Introduction Falls and fall-related injuries among older adults (those aged 65 and older) are a substantial challenge to public health worldwide. The world population is aging due to rising life expectancies combined with...
Falls constitute a leading cause of injuries, hospitalization and deaths among the elderly. Older people fall more often fo... Huang,R Allen - 《Drugs & Aging》 被引量: 268发表: 2012年 Prevention of Falls in the Elderly People are living to older age. Falls constitute a leading cause of...