8521 participants (72.7 ± 12.0 years, 5392 female) from six countries were assessed using a digital falls risk assessment protocol. Data consisted of wearable sensor data captured during the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test along with self-reported questionnaire data on falls risk factors, ...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has endorsed a new online toolkit developed by researchers at Keele University, which aims to prevent falls amongst the elderly that cost the NHS more than £2 billion a year in total. The Falls Risk Assessment Toolkit identifies pat...
The aims of this study were to (1) externally validate the accuracy of the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com) falls risk assessment tool in predicting falls and (2) undertake initial validation of the accuracy of the FROP-Com to predict injurious falls (requiring medical...
CG161 is for health and social care clinicians who care for older people who have fallen or who are at risk of falling. It provides clinicians and commissioners with evidence to implement effective care pathways and recommendations on the assessment and prevention of falls in older people. The ...
The NICE (2013) [21] guidelines recommended that: … following treatment for an injurious fall, older people should be offered a multidisciplinary assessment to identify and address future risk and individualised intervention aimed at promoting independence and improving physical and psychological function...
Our study evaluated the current practice of adherence to NICE guidance on Head Injury: assessment and early management for performing CT head scans in elderly admitted to Basildon hospital. METHODS. Two cycles of retrospective data collection were undertaken across three elderly care wards. Elderly ...
Screening questionnaire then sent to clarify risks and invited to attend for comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment per NICE guidelines.Evaluation: Questionnaire response rate was 72%. Total 3308 (28/09/09-13/01/13); Mean age 75.9 years(range 60-100); 2018 (61%) female; 853(25.8%) ...
The Help the Hospices Falls Toolkit (2012) and the current NICE Clinical Guidelines 161 Preventing Falls in Older People (2013) are key drivers in this development. Review, develop and embed the assessment process for people at risk of falls, ensuring that a comprehensive risk multi factorial ...
NICE recommends visual testing as part of a 'multifactorial falls risk assessment'. However, during a recent audit on three elderly care wards at a central London teaching hospital, only 11% of patients who presented with a fall had visual assessment during their admission. Methods A series of...
Patient education is important because there can be a mismatch between perceived and actual falls risk whilst in hospital [10,11,12]. Hospital falls risks have been historically assessed using tools such as the Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) [18], St Thomas’s Risk Assessment Tool (STRATIFY...