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Patient Information: Fear of Falling

Posted by Dawn Skelton
|Date: June 16, 2014
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Patient Information: Fear of Falling

Living with a fear of falling can create a lot of worry to family members, friends and ourselves resultin ...

Living with a fear of falling can create a lot of worry to family members, friends and ourselves resulting in a lot of distress. A fear of falling can also lead to us dropping out of activities we lik ...

June 16, 2014
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Beyond the video: Falling – facing the fear

Posted by Dawn Skelton
|Date: June 16, 2014
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Beyond the video: Falling – facing the fear

Many older people have a fear of falling triggered by such things as: An unfamiliar room, especially one ...

Many older people have a fear of falling triggered by such things as: An unfamiliar room, especially one with poor lighting Icy sidewalks Recognizing the threat of a fall to their independence Knowing ...

June 16, 2014
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Fear of falling: Understand it, beat it (Camden REACH – NHS)

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|Date: June 16, 2014
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Fear of falling: Understand it, beat it (Camden REACH – NHS)

This is a booklet from Camden NHS Primary Care Trust. The booklet looks at: The emotional effects of havi ...

This is a booklet from Camden NHS Primary Care Trust. The booklet looks at: The emotional effects of having a fear of falling. What it feels like to be anxious. How anxiety can affect how you walk. Ho ...

June 16, 2014
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Falls Technology – The Quest

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: June 16, 2014
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Falls Technology – The Quest

http://vimeo.com/98029405 ...

http://vimeo.com/98029405 ...

June 16, 2014
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The effect of bedrails on falls and injury: a systematic review of clinical studies

Posted by jo hobbs
|Date: June 11, 2014
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The effect of bedrails on falls and injury: a systematic review of clinical studies

Background: around one-fourth of all falls in healthcare settings are falls from bed. The role of bedrail ...

Background: around one-fourth of all falls in healthcare settings are falls from bed. The role of bedrails in falls prevention is controversial, with a prevailing orthodoxy that bedrails are harmful a ...

June 11, 2014
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The FallSafe project

Posted by jo hobbs
|Date: June 11, 2014
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The FallSafe project

The FallSafe project is concerned with enhanced quality improvement. The project focused on prevention an ...

The FallSafe project is concerned with enhanced quality improvement. The project focused on prevention and management of falls in clinical hospital wards through the implementation of evidence-based m ...

June 11, 2014
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The Winchester falls project: a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention of falls in older people

Posted by jo hobbs
|Date: June 11, 2014
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The Winchester falls project: a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention of falls in older people

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of two interventions at preventing further fal ...

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of two interventions at preventing further falls in recurrent fallers. One intervention was based in primary care and the other in secondary ...

June 11, 2014
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using the STRATIFY tool for prediction of falls in hospital patients: how well does it work?

Posted by jo hobbs
|Date: June 11, 2014
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using the STRATIFY tool for prediction of falls in hospital patients: how well does it work?

Background: STRATIFY is a prediction tool developed for use in for hospital inpatients. It has been widel ...

Background: STRATIFY is a prediction tool developed for use in for hospital inpatients. It has been widely used as part of hospital fall prevention plans, but it is not clear how effective its operati ...

June 11, 2014
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Rate of accidental falls in institutionalised older people with and without cognitive impairment halved as a result of a staff-oriented intervention

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|Date: June 11, 2014
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Rate of accidental falls in institutionalised older people with and without cognitive impairment halved as a result of a staff-oriented intervention

Objective: to evaluate the impact of a staff-oriented intervention on the number of accidental falls in r ...

Objective: to evaluate the impact of a staff-oriented intervention on the number of accidental falls in residents with and without cognitive impairment. Design: clustered randomised controlled trial. ...

June 11, 2014
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Fall risk-assessment tools compared with clinical judgment: an evaluation in a rehabilitation ward

Posted by jo hobbs
|Date: June 11, 2014
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Fall risk-assessment tools compared with clinical judgment: an evaluation in a rehabilitation ward

Objectives: to compare the use of two falls risk-identification tools (Downton and STRATIFY) with clinica ...

Objectives: to compare the use of two falls risk-identification tools (Downton and STRATIFY) with clinical judgment (based upon the observation of wandering behaviour) in predicting falls of medically ...

June 11, 2014
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Fear of falling: measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older persons

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|Date: June 11, 2014
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Fear of falling: measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older persons

Background fear of falling (FOF) is a major health problem among the elderly living in communities, prese ...

Background fear of falling (FOF) is a major health problem among the elderly living in communities, present in older people who have fallen but also in older people who have never experienced a fall. ...

June 11, 2014
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A multifactorial intervention for the prevention of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients, a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

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|Date: June 11, 2014
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A multifactorial intervention for the prevention of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients, a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention on incidence of fa ...

This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention on incidence of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients. Design: cluster-randomised controlled 12-month tr ...

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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)

Patient Information: Fear of Falling

Patient Information: Fear of Falling

Beyond the video: Falling – facing the fear

Beyond the video: Falling – facing the fear

Fear of falling: Understand it, beat it (Camden REACH – NHS)

Fear of falling: Understand it, beat it (Camden REACH – NHS)

Falls Technology – The Quest

Falls Technology – The Quest

The effect of bedrails on falls and injury: a systematic review of clinical studies

The effect of bedrails on falls and injury: a systematic review of clinical studies

The FallSafe project

The FallSafe project

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

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

A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using the STRATIFY tool for prediction of falls in hospital patients: how well does it work?

A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using the STRATIFY tool for prediction of falls in hospital patients: how well does it work?

Rate of accidental falls in institutionalised older people with and without cognitive impairment halved as a result of a staff-oriented intervention

Rate of accidental falls in institutionalised older people with and without cognitive impairment halved as a result of a staff-oriented intervention

Fall risk-assessment tools compared with clinical judgment: an evaluation in a rehabilitation ward

Fall risk-assessment tools compared with clinical judgment: an evaluation in a rehabilitation ward

Fear of falling: measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older persons

Fear of falling: measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older persons

A multifactorial intervention for the prevention of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients, a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

A multifactorial intervention for the prevention of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients, a randomised controlled trial (RCT)