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How to Guide: Reducing Harm from Falls (English)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: May 22, 2014
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How to Guide: Reducing Harm from Falls (English)

This is a “How to Guide” produced by the Change Agent Team at the National Leadership and Innovation Agen ...

This is a “How to Guide” produced by the Change Agent Team at the National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare, based on work undertaken by members of the national Intermediate Care Commun ...

May 22, 2014
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Online Video: The Four Test Balance Scale (Dutch)

Posted by Karin Kampe
|Date: May 02, 2014
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Online Video: The Four Test Balance Scale (Dutch)

The Four Test Balance Scale assesses static balance in older people and requires an individual to stand o ...

The Four Test Balance Scale assesses static balance in older people and requires an individual to stand on 4 different foot positions of increasing difficulty without an assistive device. Here you can ...

May 02, 2014
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Online Video: The Timed Up & Go Test (Dutch)

Posted by Karin Kampe
|Date: May 02, 2014
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Online Video: The Timed Up & Go Test (Dutch)

The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both stat ...

The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance. It uses the time that a person takes to rise from a chair, walk three m ...

May 02, 2014
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Online Video: A Matter of Balance

Posted by Karin Kampe
|Date: May 02, 2014
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Online Video: A Matter of Balance

Many older adults experience a fear of falling. People who develop this fear often limit their activities ...

Many older adults experience a fear of falling. People who develop this fear often limit their activities, which can result in physical weakness, making the risk of falling even greater. A Matter of B ...

May 02, 2014
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Online Tutorial for phyicians (German)

Posted by Karin Kampe
|Date: April 28, 2014
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Online Tutorial for phyicians (German)

This e-tutorial in German is particularely aimed at physicians in order to get more information about imp ...

This e-tutorial in German is particularely aimed at physicians in order to get more information about important topics of geriatric medicine. Module 1: Mobility, immobility and falls risk in older peo ...

April 28, 2014
| by Karin Kampe

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Online Video: Falls Prevention in a Geriatric Rehabilitation Centre in Germany

Posted by Karin Kampe
|Date: April 28, 2014
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Online Video: Falls Prevention in a Geriatric Rehabilitation Centre in Germany

This video in German shows falls prevention exercises in a rehabilitation centre in Germany. The exercise ...

This video in German shows falls prevention exercises in a rehabilitation centre in Germany. The exercises contain stregthening training with ankle cuff weights, barbells or on machines as well as bal ...

April 28, 2014
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Royal College of Physicians FallSafe falls prevention resources in English

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: April 03, 2014
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Royal College of Physicians FallSafe falls prevention resources in English

This resource contains the learning from the FallSafe falls prevention project, care bundle information a ...

This resource contains the learning from the FallSafe falls prevention project, care bundle information and templates, a falls prevention e-learning course and many other resources freely available to ...

April 03, 2014
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Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum (English)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: April 03, 2014
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Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum (English)

The Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum is an evidence based course for heatlh care professionals and co ...

The Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum is an evidence based course for heatlh care professionals and community leaders on how to design, implement and evaluate a fall prevention program. The course ...

April 03, 2014
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NSW Falls Prevention Network (English)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: April 03, 2014
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NSW Falls Prevention Network (English)

NSW Falls Prevention Network is a network of researchers, clinicians and health promotion workers. The we ...

NSW Falls Prevention Network is a network of researchers, clinicians and health promotion workers. The webiste contains fall prevention guidelines and other literature. ...

April 03, 2014
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Preventing Falls – a Patient Guide (German)

Posted by Karin Kampe
|Date: March 31, 2014
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Preventing Falls – a Patient Guide (German)

This leaflet in German is provided by the University Clinic of Essen and gives recommendations for patien ...

This leaflet in German is provided by the University Clinic of Essen and gives recommendations for patients to prevent falls during their stay as an inpatient. The aim of this leaflet is to give infor ...

March 31, 2014
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Video: exercise programme in front of television (Dutch)

Posted by Dawn Skelton
|Date: March 12, 2014
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Video: exercise programme in front of television (Dutch)

"Nederland in beweging" is a Dutch daily TV show aimed at promoting fitness excercises for the elderly wh ...

"Nederland in beweging" is a Dutch daily TV show aimed at promoting fitness excercises for the elderly who want to exercise in front of the TV. The program provide directly accesible exercises that ca ...

March 12, 2014
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Guidelines to prevent and treat osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures (Norwegian)

Posted by Jorunn L. Helbostad
|Date: February 19, 2014
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Guidelines to prevent and treat osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures (Norwegian)

These guidelines, published by the Norwegian Directorate of Health, are made to contribute to the prevent ...

These guidelines, published by the Norwegian Directorate of Health, are made to contribute to the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. The guidelines emphasize good hab ...

February 19, 2014
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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)

How to Guide: Reducing Harm from Falls (English)

How to Guide: Reducing Harm from Falls (English)

Online Video: The Four Test Balance Scale (Dutch)

Online Video: The Four Test Balance Scale (Dutch)

Online Video: The Timed Up & Go Test (Dutch)

Online Video: The Timed Up & Go Test (Dutch)

Online Video: A Matter of Balance

Online Video: A Matter of Balance

Online Tutorial for phyicians (German)

Online Tutorial for phyicians (German)

Online Video: Falls Prevention in a Geriatric Rehabilitation Centre in Germany

Online Video: Falls Prevention in a Geriatric Rehabilitation Centre in Germany

Royal College of Physicians FallSafe falls prevention resources in English

Royal College of Physicians FallSafe falls prevention resources in English

Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum (English)

Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum (English)

NSW Falls Prevention Network (English)

NSW Falls Prevention Network (English)

Preventing Falls – a Patient Guide (German)

Preventing Falls – a Patient Guide (German)

Video: exercise programme in front of television (Dutch)

Video: exercise programme in front of television (Dutch)

Guidelines to prevent and treat osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures (Norwegian)

Guidelines to prevent and treat osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures (Norwegian)