Fall prevention programadherenceolder adultsThe purposes were to determine if older adults participating in a fall prevention program make recommended environmental and personal changes to reduce falls, and to identify factors affecting adherence to the program. Thirty of 84 community dwelling older adults...
Results: Themes included what people want, why people fall, what people do, impact of falls, and barriers to falls prevention participation. Older adults wanted falls prevention programs to include socialization among peers, various types of education, balance training, convenience in times and ...
"Fall prevention activities such as raising awareness about fall risk, identifying individual risk for fall, discussing fall risk prevention strategies and providing referrals to fall risk reduction programs in the community for older adults were shown to reduce fall-related hospitalizations," said Yvonne...
Preventing Falls in Older Persons JAMA Editorial July 2, 2024 Patient Information: Prevention of Falls in Older Adults JAMA JAMA Patient Page July 2, 2024 This JAMA Patient Page describes risk of falls in older adults and fall prevention recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force....
Fall consequences are alarming. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that 1 in 5 falls results in a serious injury, such as a broken hip or traumatic head injury. Falls also cause 32,000 older adult deaths every year. So what can you do to prevent falls in older adults?
Falls in Older Adults: Approach and Prevention Falls are a major public health problem, occurring in more than 27% of adults 65 years and older and costing the U.S. health care system tens of billions o... JS Coulter,J Randazzo,EESH Ka - 《American Family Physician》 被引量: 0发表:...
Furthermore, exercise has a major role to play in the prevention of falls and fall-related risk factors among older people. In addition, active older people who exercise are less likely to develop physical disability, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis. ...
fall. The use of antidepressants, sedatives, hypnotics, and benzodiazepines demonstrates a significant correlation to falls in older people. Side effects of specific medications and interactions between medications are a potential reason for falls in older adults. In medicines that could be attributed ...
In conclusion, the self-administered home-based exercise programme for older adults resulted in the lowest fall incidence rate, but also the highest drop-out rate of participants at high risk of falling. Both partially supervised exercise programmes resulted in statistically significant improvements in ...
Fall preventionSocial supportCommunity-dwelling older adultsPhysical activitiesFalls have been recognized as the second leading cause of injury or death for older adults. The related economic burden caused by fall related injuries is not negligible. Earlier research has demonstrated that regular ...