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Otago – Power & balance (German)

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: April 05, 2017
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Otago – Power & balance (German)

This information brochure in German was designed to inform our target group and their relatives. This sho ...

This information brochure in German was designed to inform our target group and their relatives. This short and simple brochure is widely distributed through different groups (like caregivers, physiot ...

April 05, 2017
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ProFouND Factsheets (Italian)

Posted by Arnhild Jenssen Nygård
|Date: May 30, 2016
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ProFouND Factsheets (Italian)

This is the Italian version of the ProFouND Factsheets. The booklet includes these following topic areas: ...

This is the Italian version of the ProFouND Factsheets. The booklet includes these following topic areas: Generic Guidance Exercise Vision Bone Health Vitamin D Home and environment Footwear and prote ...

May 30, 2016
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ProFouND Factsheets (English)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: October 21, 2015
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ProFouND Factsheets (English)

The Falls Intervention Factsheet booklet features a seri ...

The Falls Intervention Factsheet booklet features a series of Factsheets which summarises the current evidence based information for effective falls pr ...

October 21, 2015
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Información al paciente y cuidadores: Recomendaciones prevención de caídas (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

Posted by Kristin Taraldsen
|Date: April 08, 2015
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Información al paciente y cuidadores: Recomendaciones prevención de caídas (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

This leaflet in Spanish, developed by the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, addresses pati ...

This leaflet in Spanish, developed by the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, addresses patients admitted to hospitals and their caregivers. This leaflet includes exercises and evidence-b ...

April 08, 2015
| by Kristin Taraldsen

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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

Posted by jo hobbs
|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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Guide for advice on selection of footwear for older people (in Spanish)

Posted by Juan V. Durá
|Date: May 12, 2014
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Guide for advice on selection of footwear for older people (in Spanish)

This guide provides help to the elderly in order to select the correct shoes, considering comfort and saf ...

This guide provides help to the elderly in order to select the correct shoes, considering comfort and safety. The guide can be downloaded here ...

May 12, 2014
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Quality in Health (Greek Language)

Posted by Areti Katsamagkou
|Date: May 06, 2014
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Quality in Health (Greek Language)

This is an online article published in The electronic scientific site "Quality In Health", written by Kon ...

This is an online article published in The electronic scientific site "Quality In Health", written by Konstantinos Theologou, Prof. of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In this are described the f ...

May 06, 2014
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Periodical of General Greek Airforce Hospital (Greek language)

Posted by Areti Katsamagkou
|Date: May 06, 2014
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Periodical of General Greek Airforce Hospital (Greek language)

The problem of falls is described in this article, in the newspaper published every two months by 251 Air ...

The problem of falls is described in this article, in the newspaper published every two months by 251 Air Force General Hospital. In this article, the appropriate interventions and measure to prevent ...

May 06, 2014
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NSW Falls Prevention Program (Greek)

Posted by Areti Katsamagkou
|Date: May 06, 2014
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NSW Falls Prevention Program (Greek)

This is a Greek leaflet about the care of patients in the region of Sydney. Appropriate advices for the p ...

This is a Greek leaflet about the care of patients in the region of Sydney. Appropriate advices for the patients, what to keep in mind during their hospitalization, and how the personnel of the hospit ...

May 06, 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
| by Karin Kampe

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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: 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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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)

Otago – Power & balance (German)

Otago – Power & balance (German)

ProFouND Factsheets (Italian)

ProFouND Factsheets (Italian)

ProFouND Factsheets (English)

ProFouND Factsheets (English)

Información al paciente y cuidadores: Recomendaciones prevención de caídas (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

Información al paciente y cuidadores: Recomendaciones prevención de caídas (Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Spanish)

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

Guide for advice on selection of footwear for older people (in Spanish)

Guide for advice on selection of footwear for older people (in Spanish)

Quality in Health (Greek Language)

Quality in Health (Greek Language)

Periodical of General Greek Airforce Hospital (Greek language)

Periodical of General Greek Airforce Hospital (Greek language)

NSW Falls Prevention Program (Greek)

NSW Falls Prevention Program (Greek)

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: Falls Prevention in a Geriatric Rehabilitation Centre in Germany

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