Best Practice Archives

Home

Best Practice

Grid
List

Active up until old age (German)

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: April 05, 2017
| 0 comments

Active up until old age (German)

This newspaper article in German was published in "Arzt im Ländle", a magazine for physicians in Vorarlbe ...

This newspaper article in German was published in "Arzt im Ländle", a magazine for physicians in Vorarlberg brought out by the medical association. An easy way to inform local physicians about the sta ...

April 05, 2017
| by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård

| 0 comments

Read more
Staying mobile in old age (German)

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: April 05, 2017
| 0 comments

Staying mobile in old age (German)

This newspaper article in German was published in "Vorarlberger Nachrichten", the major daily newspaper i ...

This newspaper article in German was published in "Vorarlberger Nachrichten", the major daily newspaper in Vorarlberg, just before the start of the programme in Vorarlberg. It explains the positive ef ...

April 05, 2017
| by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård

| 0 comments

Read more
Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement Public Health England

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: February 06, 2017
| 0 comments

Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement Public Health England

The National Falls Prevention Coordination Group (NFPCG) is made up of organisations involved in the prev ...

The National Falls Prevention Coordination Group (NFPCG) is made up of organisations involved in the prevention of falls, care for falls-related injuries and the promotion of healthy ageing. It was fo ...

February 06, 2017
| by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård

| 0 comments

Read more
Otago strength and balance exercise programme to prevent falls (English)

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: April 19, 2016
| 0 comments

Otago strength and balance exercise programme to prevent falls (English)

This is an PDF of an article in The European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS) which is a part o ...

This is an PDF of an article in The European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS) which is a part of EuropeActive. The article is about the Otago Strength and Balance Exercise Leaders trained ac ...

April 19, 2016
| by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård

| 0 comments

Read more
Falls Efficacy Scale-International Arabic (FES-I (Ar))

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: March 14, 2016
| 0 comments

Falls Efficacy Scale-International Arabic (FES-I (Ar))

This is the valid and reliable Arabic version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International. Translated into ...

This is the valid and reliable Arabic version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International. Translated into Arabic by and published with approval by Dr. Hadeel Halaweh. The PDF can be uploaded here: FES- ...

March 14, 2016
| by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård

| 0 comments

Read more
Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) (English)

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: March 14, 2016
| 0 comments

Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) (English)

This article by Hadeel Halaweh and colleagues is the results from a cross cultural adaptation study. The ...

This article by Hadeel Halaweh and colleagues is the results from a cross cultural adaptation study. The FES-I was translated into Arabic FES-I (Ar) based on the protocol of the (ProFaNE). And the Ara ...

March 14, 2016
| by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård

| 0 comments

Read more
Az idosek gyogytornajanak jelentosege az egeszseguk megorzeseben. (Hungarian)

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: February 29, 2016
| 0 comments

Az idosek gyogytornajanak jelentosege az egeszseguk megorzeseben. (Hungarian)

This paper (in Hungarian) is written by physiotherapist Mrs L. Meszaros and published in HIPPOCRATES VI/ ...

This paper (in Hungarian) is written by physiotherapist Mrs L. Meszaros and published in HIPPOCRATES VI/1 2004. January – February. It presents the work of physiotherapists with the elderly patients ...

February 29, 2016
| by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård

| 0 comments

Read more
Fall prevention intervention technologies: A conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art (English)

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: February 29, 2016
| 0 comments

Fall prevention intervention technologies: A conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art (English)

This is a methodological review article on fall prevention technologies. The article can be downloaded he ...

This is a methodological review article on fall prevention technologies. The article can be downloaded here. Abstract: In recent years, an ever increasing range of technology-based applications have b ...

February 29, 2016
| by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård

| 0 comments

Read more
Articles focusing on exercise for health (English)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: December 02, 2015
| 0 comments

Articles focusing on exercise for health (English)

Two of the latest articles in Sports Medicine focus on exercise for health in older adults. One article b ...

Two of the latest articles in Sports Medicine focus on exercise for health in older adults. One article by Urs Granacher and Tibor Hortobágyi focus on exercise to improve mobility in healthy ageing (S ...

December 02, 2015
| by Kristin Taraldsen

| 0 comments

Read more
Fall toolkit

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: November 22, 2015
| 0 comments

Fall toolkit

This fall toolkit, developed by Ontario Injury Prevention Centre, provides a sampling of resources availa ...

This fall toolkit, developed by Ontario Injury Prevention Centre, provides a sampling of resources available on fall prevention, but it is not an exhaustive list. The resources provided are not to be ...

November 22, 2015
| by Kristin Taraldsen

| 0 comments

Read more
First inpatient falls audit shows shortfalls in hospital care (English report)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: October 23, 2015
| 0 comments

First inpatient falls audit shows shortfalls in hospital care (English report)

This first-ever National Audit for Inpatient Falls published by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partne ...

This first-ever National Audit for Inpatient Falls published by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) 14 October 2015, reviews how well hospital trusts and local health boards prevent ...

October 23, 2015
| by Kristin Taraldsen

| 0 comments

Read more
Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: October 14, 2015
| 0 comments

Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)

The Otago Home Exercise Programme is one of the most well known falls prevention exercise programmes. The ...

The Otago Home Exercise Programme is one of the most well known falls prevention exercise programmes. The authors of the original research published a Manual on “how to” implement the home exercise pr ...

October 14, 2015
| by Kristin Taraldsen

| 0 comments

Read more

12 3 4 5

Documento de consenso sobre la prevención de fragilidad y caídas en la persona mayor (Estrategia de promoción de la salud y prevención en el SNS, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad 2014, Spanish)

Consensus document on frailty and falls prevention among the elderly (The Prevention and health promotion strategy of the Spanish NHS – Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality 2014, English)

Prevention of Falls and Fall Injuries in the Older Adult Guideline (Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario 2011, English)

Guía de buenas prácticas: Prevención de caídas y lesiones derivadas de las personas mayores (Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario 2011, Spanish)

Oral Nutrition Intake for the Prevention of Falls (Reference list)

Protocolo: Recomendaciones para la prevención de caídas en pacientes hospitalizados (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

Protocolo: Inmovilización de pacientes y sujeción mecánica (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

Resumen: Recomendaciones para la prevención de caídas en pacientes hospitalizados (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

Recommendation for prevention and management of falls in older patients in health care settings (Italian)

Taxonomy of Technologies (English)

Active up until old age (German)

Active up until old age (German)

Staying mobile in old age (German)

Staying mobile in old age (German)

Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement Public Health England

Falls and Fractures Consensus Statement Public Health England

Otago strength and balance exercise programme to prevent falls (English)

Otago strength and balance exercise programme to prevent falls (English)

Falls Efficacy Scale-International Arabic (FES-I (Ar))

Falls Efficacy Scale-International Arabic (FES-I (Ar))

Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) (English)

Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) (English)

Az idosek gyogytornajanak jelentosege az egeszseguk megorzeseben. (Hungarian)

Az idosek gyogytornajanak jelentosege az egeszseguk megorzeseben. (Hungarian)

Fall prevention intervention technologies: A conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art (English)

Fall prevention intervention technologies: A conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art (English)

Articles focusing on exercise for health (English)

Articles focusing on exercise for health (English)

Fall toolkit

Fall toolkit

First inpatient falls audit shows shortfalls in hospital care (English report)

First inpatient falls audit shows shortfalls in hospital care (English report)

Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)

Otago Home Exercise Manual for Professionals (Swedish)