Objectives:To compare rates of falling between nursing home residents with and without dementia and to examine dementia as an independent risk factor for falls and fall injuries. Design:Prospective cohort study with 2 years of follow-up. Setting:Fifty-nine randomly selected nursing homes in Maryland...
Prior to our intervention, the clinic had no standardized method of assessing a patient's risk of falling. We utilized multiple Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles to develop a fall risk screening process that could be integrated into a busy outpatient clinic setting...
Although the age-related bone loss is considered to be a crucial determinant of the incidence of hip fracture, spontaneous fractures appear to be uncommon: about 90% of hip fractures in the elderly result from a fall. This article focuses on the different risk factors for falls. Poor health ...
BACKGROUND: Among elderly persons, falls account for 87% of all fractures and are contributing factors in many nursing home admissions. This study evaluated the effect of an easily implemented, low-intensity exercise program on the incidence of falls and the time to first fall among a clinically...
Initials Problem: Patient at Risk for Falls.Outcome: Minimize patient’s fall risk.Interventions: Based on patient’s identified fall risk indicators (see below)Intervention lists are not exhaustive, other patient interventions may be added.MFS Risk Indicator: Patient has a History of falling.Pri...
These parameters can be used as standard measures for fall risk assessment. It is important to develop contextual and individualized intervention strategies to prevent falls in older adults from different populations. To achieve this, an updated assessment checklist is needed to evaluate the risk of ...
• Summary of key findings: To compare the efficiency of seated exercises and weight bearing exercises with social visits on a fall risk factors in older people recently discharged fromhospital. Subjects (aged 65 and older) were tested at baseline and at completion of the intervention period. ...
Data on falls and injurious falls requiring medical attention were collected via monthly falls calendars for the next 12 months. Predictive accuracy was evaluated using sensitivity and specificity of a high-risk FROP-Com classification (score ≥ 19) in predicting a fall and injurious falls ...
Development of a tool to assess risk for falls in women in hospital obstetric units. Because women hospitalized in obstetric units are typically young and healthy, they might be overlooked when health care providers assess for risk for fall... L Heafner,D Suda,N Casalenuovo,... - 《Nursing...
One group was at-risk and received the "Fall Plan of Care" intervention; another group was determined to be at-risk but received no formal plan; and the final group wasn't at risk of falling. The study found that at-risk adults who received the intervention had similar odds for falling...