Over eight years, the program has engaged more than 6,000 older adults, spread across many Northern Virginia community-based locations, showcasing a significant breadth of reach and adaptability. Adding to this, the recent incorporation of the "Saving Claire" Falls Prevention Project documentary ...
Rates of fatalities from falls in older adults: 2021 fatality data of adults ≥ 65 years old from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Unintentional injury was reported as the eighth leading cause of death, causing 69,003 deaths. 56.1% of those deaths were...
such as heart disease, 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 certai...
The USPSTF found adequate evidence that exercise reduces the risk of falls by a moderate amount, so there is a moderate net benefit to offering exercise interventions to older adults for fall prevention. For multifactorial interventions, the net benefit is small. The USPSTF found adequate evidence ...
Given the various causes of falls, prevention, and management must be multidimensional and interprofessional. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a multidisciplinary instrument used in the evaluation of older patients at risk of falling. In addition to the history and physical examination, ...
The USPSTF commissioned this systematic review to inform its updated recommendation for fall prevention in older adults. Methods Scope of Review An analytic framework was developed with 2 key questions (KQs) (Figure 1) that examined the effect of fall prevention interventions on health outcomes (KQ...
Older adults believed the impact of falls on lifestyle was far-reaching and drastic. The main barrier to falls prevention participation was motivation, mitigated by other priorities. The Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) Model provided a framework for considering occupational impact when addressing ...
Medical professionals, however, recognize that addressing balance can be key to reducing falls in older adults and several programs are already showing promising results. Among these are the CDC’s STEADI program in the US and Nymbl’s app-based fall prevention solution, which offers users a ...
On the basis of 9 randomised controlled studies conducted since 1996, exercise appears to be a useful tool in fall prevention in older adults, significantly reducing the incidence of falls compared with control groups. However, current limitations such as inconsistencies in the measurement of key ...
Exercise for falls prevention in community-dwelling older adults: Trial and participant characteristics, interventions and bias in clinical trials from a systematic review 2019, BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community 2019, Cochrane Dat...