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...
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Further, it is likely that non-conveyed older fallers have the potential to benefit from timely access to fall risk assessment and intervention. The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of a timely and tailored falls assessment and management intervention on the ...
Falls are a rapidly growing global public health problem. Mostly falls result from several interacting risk factors, and key risk factors include impaired mobility and use of certain medications (fall risk-increasing drugs, FRIDs). In fact, falls are a common and often overlooked adverse drug even...
Home hazards will be identified using the Westmead Home Safety Assessment tool [9] and recommendations will be prioritised according to risk and undertaken in negotiation with the participant and carer. Participants will be provided with a home safety booklet, adapted to their cognitive abilities, ...
Three models considered multiple pathways for the same intervention. Eldridge [63] evaluated a falls risk screening and referral programme that encompassed all three pathways operating in tandem: falls patients at A&E and hospital would be screened by the falls risk assessment tool (FRAT) and refer...
Home haz- ards will be identified using the Westmead Home Safety Assessment tool [9] and recommendations will be priori- tised according to risk and undertaken in negotiation with the participant and carer. Participants will be provided with a home safety booklet, adapted to their cognitive ...
Exercise is an activity requiring physical effort, typically carried out to sustain or improve overall health and fitness, and it lowers the risk of falls in the general population. The sport of golf provides a low-impact all-around workout promoting a range of motion, activation of muscles ...