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Falls and Fall Prevention

MedEdPORTAL, 2014
This workshop is intended to promote and enhance active learning and problem-solving among third-year medical students. At our institution, we decided to transform the existing didactic and case-based falls/fall-prevention workshop into a team-based ...
Huai Cheng
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Optometrists’ practice of falls prevention care for community dwelling older adults: A mixed methods systematic review [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background Community optometrists are primary eye care professionals who are well positioned to provide assessment and treatment for vision-related falls prevention.
Si Ye Lee, Khyber Alam, Jason Charng, Hamed Niyazmand, Jingyi Chen, Anne-Marie Hill   +5 more
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Understanding the situation and challenges of falls prevention work in clinical settings for geriatric healthcare in China: a mixed-method study [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background Falls are a major public health concern in rapidly ageing countries. While guidelines for preventing falls exist, their application remains arduous.
Qi Zhou, Jiling Liao, Hengshuo Liu, Yuanyuan Jiang, Dingyi Wang, Xinmiao Chang, Juan Wu, Huan Xi, Xiaofen Wu, Haitao Chen, Li Cao, Wenbin Wu   +11 more
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Prevention of falls

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2022
S Deepa
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Implementing recommended falls prevention practices for older patients in hospitals in England: a realist evaluation [PDF]

BMJ Open
Objective To explore why there is variation in implementation of multifactorial falls prevention practices that are recommended to reduce falls risks for older patients in hospital.Design Mixed method, realist evaluation.Setting Three older persons and ...
Rebecca Randell, Peter Gardner, Natasha Alvarado, Lynn McVey, Hadar Zaman, Frances Healey, Nick Hardiker, Alison Lynch, V-Lin Cheong   +8 more
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Falls are Preventable

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2022
Indian aging population is increasing steadily and tremendously imposing a major impact on global implications and challenges in medicine and nursing world. The problem faced by the elderly population is numerous and alarming for the nation, society, health-care system, and family caregivers of the elderly. Falls are estimated
Monika Kankarwal, Kamli Prakash
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Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review

Implementation Science, 2023
Background One-third of the community-dwelling older persons fall annually. Guidelines recommend the use of multifactorial falls prevention interventions. However, these interventions are difficult to implement into the community.
Sara Vandervelde, Ellen Vlaeyen, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, Johan Flamaing, Sien Valy, Julie Meurrens, Joris Poels, Margot Himpe, Goedele Belaen, Koen Milisen   +9 more
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Nurses’ perspectives on inpatient falls in a large academic hospital in South Africa

Curationis, 2023
Background: Falls risk assessment tools, including the Morse Falls Scale, have been used for years, and yet falls remain key adverse events in hospitals. Nurses are key role players in falls prevention and can champion patient safety.
Christine Rogers, Athene Irving
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Evaluating a Two-Level vs. Three-Level Fall Risk Screening Algorithm for Predicting Falls Among Older Adults

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background and Objectives: Falls account for the highest proportion of preventable injury among older adults. Thus, the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI)
Thelma J. Mielenz, Sneha Kannoth, Haomiao Jia, Kristin Pullyblank, Julie Sorensen, Paul Estabrooks, Judy A. Stevens, David Strogatz   +7 more
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Prevention and Management of Falls in Older Adults admitted to Woodlands Hospital, an inpatient Old Age Psychiatric Unit

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Falls are a significant cause of injury in older adults who are disproportionately at higher risk due to multiple factors such as, mobility issues, co-morbidities and polypharmacy.
N. Darod
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