Objectives In a private hospital setting, the objectives were to: (i) promote healthcare staff assessing patients for risk of falls accurately and promptly; (ii) promote adherence to the current best practice of falls prevention strategies; (iii) assess shortfalls and enhance in education around ...
pressure sensing platform, and laser sensing) were reported as capable of providing accurate fall risk diagnostic in older adults. Overall, these technologies have the potential to provide a precise, affordable, and easy-to-implement evaluation of risk-of-fall. However, the variation in assessment ...
The aim of this chapter is to analyse, through a literature review, the following aspects: risk factors for falls in the elderly, strategies to prevent them, clinical and multifactorial assessment of patients at risk of falls, and the use of technology to boost fall prevention. 展开 ...
and also includes strategies for boosting confidence and protecting yourself if you fall. Tai Chi for Balance and Falls Prevention has been shown to prevent falls by improving balance, strength, mobility and flexibility
risk.21 Our study findings also revealed 14.6% of 9-1-1- calls for adults 65+ years old were fall-related, slightly lower than a 17% nationally reported average.26 The use of 9-1-1 call patterns has also been identified as a potential resource to target fall prevention strategies.27 ...
Lukaszyk C et al (2016) Risk factors, incidence, consequences and prevention strategies for falls and fall-injury within older indigenous populations: a systematic review. Aust N Z J Public Health 40:564–568. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12585 Article Google Scholar Meyer C, Dow B,...
Fall risk assessment and the implementation of fall prevention strategies are both effective strategies in the clinical area to identify and decrease the probability of a fall. The presence of the RN is significant in fall prevention in medical–surgical patients. 展开 关键词:...
Fourteen percent of people fall in the first month after discharge from hospital.[6] Systematic reviews of falls prevention strategies in older people have found that falls can be prevented by certain exercise programs.[7] In particular, ongoing exercise which targets balance can prevent up to 40...
. Others reported educating patients more generally about falls prevention strategies at home, in the community and whilst in hospital [36,67,72,76]. These instructions varied between studies. Several delivered individualised patient education based on risk factors that were identified through risk ...
Therefore, balance function is crucial to avoiding falls, and prevention strategies focusing on postural instability, such as balance rehabilitation, could reduce falls in PD patients31, 32. However, the relationship between falling direction and balance impairment in PD patients was not studied ...