EVALUATING A PEER-LED FALLS APPROACH TO FALLS PREVENTION EDUCATION FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Falls Prevention for Older Persons

The Winchester falls project: a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention of falls in older people.

BACKGROUND the mortality and morbidity of falls in older people is significant, with recurrent fallers being at an increased risk. The most effective way to reduce falls in this group is not clear. OBJECTIVE to determine the effectiveness of two interventions, one based in primary care and the other in secondary care, at preventing further falls in recurrent fallers. DESIGN cluster randomis...

Risk Factors for Falls among Older People: a Population-based Case-Control Study

Introduction: Falling is one of the most common problems of the elderly people with a multi factorial nature and frequent cases. This study aimed to determine the risk factors of falls in old people covered by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.   Methods: This retrospective case-control study was conducted on 15,600 elderly participants. Data were extracted from Sina Electronic Health Re...

The population approach to falls injury prevention in older people: findings of a two community trial

BACKGROUND There is a sound rationale for the population-based approach to falls injury prevention but there is currently insufficient evidence to advise governments and communities on how they can use population-based strategies to achieve desired reductions in the burden of falls-related injury. The aim of the study was to quantify the effectiveness of a streamlined (and thus potentially sust...

Assessing falls in older people.

For an older person in hospital a fall can have devastating consequences, prolonging hospital stay and leading to loss of confidence. Falls cost the NHS between pounds 5340 and pounds 12,500 per patient in delayed discharge, and can cause nurses to question their own practice and blame themselves. Further, the efforts of clinicians and researchers implementing falls prevention interventions are...