falls prevention
Prevalence, circumstances and consequences of falls among community-dwelling older people: results of the 2009 NSW Falls Prevention Baseline Survey
... for Prevention of Falls and Harm from Falls Among Older People: 2011–2015 19 by providing not only much needed data on falls prevalence, but state and area mea- sures of risk and protective ...
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Effectiveness of a multifactorial falls prevention program in community-dwelling older people when compared to usual care: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (Prevquedas Brazil)
... This study is a multicentre parallel-group RCT with 12 months follow-up (Figure 1). The Human Ethics Committee of the University of São Paulo Faculty of Medicine Clinics Hospital (CAPPesq 0145/11) has approved the trial ...
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The FLASSH study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating falls prevention after stroke and two sub-studies
... 2) falls risk minimisation strategies based on the falls risk factors identified in the baseline assessment in the context of falls prevention activities already in place, together with ...
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Falls prevention in community care: 10 years on
... higher falls rate than that reported for similar-aged people not receiving services, and this remained unchanged over the last 10 ...a falls prevention program (significantly fewer than 10 years ago; ...
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Can community care workers deliver a falls prevention exercise program? A feasibility study
... led falls preven- tion exercise program into the community care services received by frail older Australians would lead to a reduction in the likelihood of clients falling and needing an increase in services as a ...
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Study protocol for prevention of falls: A randomized controlled trial of effects of vitamin D and exercise on falls prevention
... falling. Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injury and injury- related death among older ...considerably, falls prevention is widely considered to be the most essential ...
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Social Marketing and Falls Prevention: Market Segmentation and Product Positioning
... how falls prevention can be marketed and positioned in order to increase participation rates in ...more falls in the past year, where non-fallers had experienced 1 or less ...of falls ...
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Falls and consequent injuries in hospitalized patients: effects of an interdisciplinary falls prevention program
... Patient falls in hospitals are common and affect approxi- mately 2% to 17% of patients during their hospital stay ...17.9 falls per 1,000 patient days depending on hospital type and patient pop- ulations ...
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Development and delivery of an exercise programme for falls prevention : the Prevention of Falls Injury Trial (PreFIT)
... Strength training in falls prevention programmes has addi- tional benefits as an effective means of improving physical functioning for older people [19,21]. Strengthening exercises should include a ...
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A falls prevention programme to improve quality of life, physical function and falls efficacy in older people receiving home help services: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Methods: The study is a single-blinded randomised controlled trial. Participants are older adults, aged 67 or older, receiving home help services, who are able to walk with or without walking aids, who have experienced ...
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A mixed methods process evaluation of a person centred falls prevention program
... reducing falls and the associated negative connotations ...promoting prevention behaviours ...prefer falls prevention information to be delivered in a positive tone ...discussing falls ...
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The ‘Aachen Falls Prevention Scale’ - development of a tool for self-assessment of elderly patients at risk for ground level falls
... `Aachen Falls Prevention Scale` finally uses a self-assessment tool grading falls risk on a scale of 1 to 10 by the individual itself after completion of Part I and Part ...of falls ...
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Evaluating the impact of a falls prevention community of practice in a residential aged care setting: a realist approach
... these falls result in phys- ical injury ...Preventing falls and resultant injury is challenging due to the multifac- torial nature of falls, the complex characteristics of RAC populations who have ...
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Prevention of falls network Europe: A thematic network aimed at introducing good practice in effective falls prevention across Europe
... The essence of ProFaNE’s methodology is to engender joint working across disciplines, specialties and sites as well as break- ing down barriers (by speaking plain English, standardised ter- minology and exchange ...
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Falls prevention for the elderly
... fall prevention, ii) ethical challenges of fall prevention in highly care dependent and cognitively im- paired elderly, and iii) the utilization of physical restraint ...fall prevention depends on ...
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The design and development of a complex multifactorial falls assessment intervention for falls prevention: The Prevention of Falls Injury Trial (PreFIT)
... of falls (number of events) but not the risk of falling (number of ...in falls, the very nature of a heterogenous falls intervention prevents the elucida- tion of the exact successful ...
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The design and development of a complex multifactorial falls assessment intervention for falls prevention : the Prevention of Falls Injury Trial (PreFIT)
... of falls (number of events) but not the risk of falling (number of ...in falls, the very nature of a heterogenous falls intervention prevents the elucida- tion of the exact successful ...
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Savings in acute care costs if all older adults treated for fall-related injuries completed matter of balance
... fall prevention programs because they are increas- ingly deployed throughout the ...that falls prevention programs will eventually be integrated into the health- care system as physicians become more ...
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Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated meta-analysis and best practice recommendations
... prevent falls (pooled rate ratio ...reducing falls. We therefore recommend that exercise for falls prevention should provide a moderate or high challenge to balance and be undertaken for at ...
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Community-based health efforts for the prevention of falls in the elderly
... A variety of interventions has been studied widely for the reduction of risk of falls in the community. Although some interventions have shown benefit when studied in isolation, several trials, randomized trials ...
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