Falls are an important problem in the nursing home. Falls are frequently a sign of a new medical problem or a decline in a chronic condition. They are associated with dementia and confusion, balance and gait abnormalities, psychotropic and cardiac medications, and taking many medications. A ...
摘要: Provides information on a study that focused on falls and fall-related injuries in nursing homes. Details on the epidemiology and causes of falls; Description of risk factors for falls; Recommended therapy and prevention; Conclusion.
Purpose: This study used Economic Theory and the Andersen Behavioral Model as a theoretical framework to examine the association between falls and emergency room use among a national random sample of nursing home (NH) residents, controlling for predisposing, enabling and need characteristics. Background...
Falls in the Nursing Home: Are They Preventable? Introduction Falls are prevalent in elderly patients residing in nursing homes, with approximately 1.5 falls occurring per nursing home bed-years. Although... Man,Quang,Vu,... - 《Journal of the American Medical Directors Association》 被引量: 56...
Global strategy for health for all by the year 2000 (1981) ME Tinetti Factors associated with serious injury during falls by ambulatory nursing home residents J Am Geriatr Soc (1987) ME Tinetti et al. Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in the community N Engl J Med (1988)...
Fatigue, lack of motivation and low compliance can be observed in nursing home residents during the practice of physical activity. Because exercises should not be too vigorous, whole body vibration could potentially be an effective alternative. The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to...
use.SETTING: Three nursing homes.PARTICIPANTS: Subjects (n = 322) were either restrained (n = 119) or never restrained (n = 203) at each observation point during a 9.5-month data collection period that preceded the intervention phase of the clinical trial.MEASUREMENTS: We evaluated restraint ...
Design, Setting, and Participants In this economic evaluation, a matched case-control study used the findings from an interrupted time series analysis that assessed changes in fall rates following implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention program to understand the cost of inpatient falls. An...
Setting: Study was not conducted in a country relevant to US practice. Intervention: Study used an excluded intervention/screening approach. Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality. Population: Study was not conducted in a general primary care representative population or ...
Nursing home moves to gym; Learning to live and work at a Thief River Falls community college has been keeping staff members and residents of an East Grand Forks nursing home preoccupied.(NEWS)Wolfe, Warren