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Characteristics associated with residential aged care, respite and transitional aged care placement for older people following an injury-related hospitalisation in Australia

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objective: This study examines characteristics associated with permanent residential aged care (RAC), respite RAC and transitional care (TC) placement for older individuals following an injury-related hospitalisation.
Rebecca Mitchell, Lara Harvey, Brian Draper, Henry Brodaty, Jacqui Close   +4 more
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Impact of a fall prevention education program for health and exercise professionals: a randomised controlled trial

Public Health Research & Practice, 2021
Objectives and importance of study: Exercise prevents falls among community-dwelling older adults. Therefore, it is crucial that health and exercise professionals have the knowledge and skills to prescribe appropriate fall prevention exercise. This study
Anne Tiedemann, Daina L Sturnieks , Anne-Marie Hill , Lorraine Lovitt , Lindy Clemson, Stephen R Lord, Catherine Sherrington   +6 more
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Around the World in 16 Ways: Searching Internationally for Fall Prevention Strategies

Patient Safety, 2020
Pennsylvania fall rates have remained relatively steady over the past six years, ranging from 3.09–3.33 falls per 1,000 patient days. Other studies estimate that hospital falls occur at a rate of 3.56 per 1,000 patient days and 700,000 to 1 million ...
Caitlyn Allen, Susan C. Wallace
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Systematic review for the prevention and management of falls and fear of falling in patients with Parkinson's disease

Brain and Behavior, 2022
Objective To synthesize recent empirical evidence for the prevention and management of falls and fear of falling in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Data source Database from PubMed, Cochrane Library, and EMBASE.
Wen‐Yi Liu, Tao‐Hsin Tung, Chencheng Zhang, Leiyu Shi   +3 more
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Integrating proven falls prevention interventions into government programs

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014
Objective: To identify Department of Health programs with high potential to integrate evidence‐based interventions to prevent falls among older people. Methods: Broad consultation within the Department followed by structured decision making.
Lesley Day, Alex Donaldson, Catherine Thompson, Margaret Thomas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Qualitative research to inform economic modelling: a case study in older people’s views on implementing the NICE falls prevention guideline

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background High prevalence of falls among older persons makes falls prevention a public health priority. Yet community-based falls prevention face complexity in implementation and any commissioning strategy should be subject to economic evaluation to ...
Joseph Kwon, Yujin Lee, Tracey Young, Hazel Squires, Janet Harris   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency Department - Community Partnership to Coordinate Older Adults Falls Prevention Programs

Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine, 2021
Falls and injurious falls are common causes for emergency department visits in older adults. Prior literature describing ED care of older adults has focused on the patients’ injuries and their ED care.
Suzanne Ryer, Ann Gallo, Adam Perry, Michael L. Malone   +3 more
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Epidemiology of falls and fall prevention among older adults in Sri Lanka: a scoping review

Physiotherapy Quarterly
Introduction The term ‘fall’ is defined as the unintentional act of coming to a rest on the ground, floor, or any lower level, specifically excluding deliberate changes in position to rest on furniture, walls, or other objects.
Indrajith Liyanage, Esther Liyanage, Kavindi Gunawardhana, Indumathie Deepika Indumathie Nanayakkara   +3 more
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Evaluating audio-visual falls prevention messages with community-dwelling older people using a World Café forum approach

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Falls risk increases sharply with older age but many older people are unaware or underestimate their risk of falling. Increased population-based efforts to influence older people’s falls prevention behavior are urgently needed. The aim of this
Lex D. de Jong, Jacqueline Francis-Coad, Chris Wortham, Terry P. Haines, Dawn A. Skelton, Tammy Weselman, Anne-Marie Hill   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu, Nicole Fernández‐Viña, Briana C. Martin‐Villa, Daniela Ramirez, Rebecca M. Lewinsohn, Mary Smith, Heidi Boynton, Lidia Schapira, Stephanie M. Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source