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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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Adaptation of jobs for older workers. Guide to Good Practice (in Spanish)

Posted by Juan V. Durá
|Date: May 14, 2014
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Adaptation of jobs for older workers. Guide to Good Practice (in Spanish)

This document is a guideline with tips for adapting the workplace for older people. You can download a pd ...

This document is a guideline with tips for adapting the workplace for older people. You can download a pdf of the document here ...

May 14, 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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Online Video: Exercising with a Buddy

Posted by Karin Kampe
|Date: April 28, 2014
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Online Video: Exercising with a Buddy

Patricia Grady, Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Nursing Research, suggests older people that from ...

Patricia Grady, Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Nursing Research, suggests older people that from a motivational point of view exercising with a buddy or joining a group might help to get start ...

April 28, 2014
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Online Video: The positive Effects of Exercise

Posted by Karin Kampe
|Date: April 28, 2014
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Online Video: The positive Effects of Exercise

This video addresses particularly older people. Supported by subtitles it lists all the positive effects ...

This video addresses particularly older people. Supported by subtitles it lists all the positive effects of exercise, particularely the effect of reducing falls when practicing progressing strength an ...

April 28, 2014
| by Karin Kampe

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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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An Exercise Program to improve Strength, Balance and Flexibility (German)

Posted by Karin Kampe
|Date: March 31, 2014
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An Exercise Program to improve Strength, Balance and Flexibility (German)

This leaflet in German is provided by the Regulatory Authority for Health Promotion of the federal state ...

This leaflet in German is provided by the Regulatory Authority for Health Promotion of the federal state Rheinland-Pfalz (“Landeszentrale für Gesundheitsförderung in Rheinland-Pfalz e.V.”) and deals w ...

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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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)

Adaptation of jobs for older workers. Guide to Good Practice (in Spanish)

Adaptation of jobs for older workers. Guide to Good Practice (in Spanish)

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

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

Online Video: Exercising with a Buddy

Online Video: Exercising with a Buddy

Online Video: The positive Effects of Exercise

Online Video: The positive Effects of Exercise

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)

An Exercise Program to improve Strength, Balance and Flexibility (German)

An Exercise Program to improve Strength, Balance and Flexibility (German)

Video: exercise programme in front of television (Dutch)

Video: exercise programme in front of television (Dutch)