A fall prevention program for the home environment
| Autor: | Bridget Gallagher, Stacy Miller, Lewis Freeman, Cathy Smith, Alison Riddoch-Kennedy, Laura Radensky, Amy Zarrow, Ellen Corbett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Program evaluation
medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Leadership and Management medicine.medical_treatment Risk Assessment Quality of life (healthcare) Risk Factors Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Mass Screening Geriatric Assessment Referral and Consultation Mass screening Aged Patient Care Team Risk Management Rehabilitation Home environment business.industry Home Care Services Accidents Home Physical therapy Quality of Life Accidental Falls New York City Risk assessment business Fall prevention Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Home care provider. 6(5) |
| ISSN: | 1084-628X |
| Popis: | Falls are the leading cause of injury, death, and disability among people older than 65. When elders fall, they sustain such injuries as hip, spine, hand, and/or pelvic fractures. The prognosis after such a fall is poor--only half of older adults hospitalized for hip fractures are able to return home or live independently again. Even without injury, falls cause a loss of confidence that results in reduced physical activity, increased dependency, and social withdrawal. As a home care agency dealing with a geriatric population, our goal was to develop a user-friendly fall prevention program that would promote multidisciplinary assessment and intervention. We have developed a preventive approach through which clinicians and patients can collaborate on preventing falls in the home and maintaining our patients' first priority: quality of life. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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