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Journal articles on the topic "Falls prevention"

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Brauer, Sandra. "Falls prevention." Journal of Physiotherapy 57, no. 2 (2011): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1836-9553(11)70028-5.

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Castle, Steven C. "Falls Prevention." Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 35, no. 2 (May 2019): i. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0749-0690(19)30015-1.

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Nazarko, Linda. "Falls prevention." Nursing and Residential Care 8, no. 11 (November 2006): 498–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2006.8.11.22091.

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McMurdo, M. E. T. "Falls prevention." Age and Ageing 30, suppl 1 (March 1, 2001): 4–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/30.suppl_1.4.

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Duthie, E., D. Simpson, J. Myers, K. Denson, and S. Denson. "Falls and Prevention of Fall Outcomes." Innovation in Aging 2, suppl_1 (November 1, 2018): 361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igy023.1336.

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Vincenzo, Jennifer L., Susan Kane Patton, Leanne L. Lefler, Jason R. Falvey, Pearl A. McElfish, Geoffrey Curran, and Jeanne Wei. "21083 Perceptions on the Role of Physical Therapy Providers for Falls Prevention: A Qualitative Investigation." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 5, s1 (March 2021): 126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2021.723.

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ABSTRACT IMPACT: Being explicit about the prevention of falls throughout an older adults’ episode of care may further help reinforce the role of physical therapy providers in falls prevention and improve dissemination of this knowledge. OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The purpose of this study was to determine older adults’ awareness of and perspectives about the role of physical therapy providers for falls prevention and determine potential barriers and facilitators to utilization of preventive rehabilitation services METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We used a qualitative descriptive phenomenological approach to emphasize participants’ perceptions and lived experiences. Four focus groups were conducted with 27 community-dwelling older adults (average age = 78 years). Focus groups were recorded, transcribed, condensed, and coded using thematic analysis. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Surveys indicated 37% of participants experienced a fall in the last year and 26% reported suffering an injury. Four main themes and six subthemes surrounding older adults’ perceptions of physical therapy providers’ roles for falls prevention emerged: (1) Awareness of Falls Prevention (subthemes: I Don’t Think About It, I Am More Careful); (2) Being Able to Get Up from the Floor; (3) Limited Knowledge about the Role of Physical Therapy Providers in Falls Prevention (subtheme: Physical Therapy Services are for After a Fall, Surgery, or for a Specific Problem); and 4). Barriers to Participating in Preventive Physical Therapy Services (subthemes: Perceived Need and Costs, Access Requires a Doctor’s Prescription). DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDINGS: Older adults lack awareness about the role of physical therapy services in falls prevention, perceiving services are only to treat a specific problem or after a fall. Physical therapists should be explicit about the role of physical therapy in falls prevention for all older adults undergoing rehabilitation, regardless of the reason.
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Jurišković, Mladen, and Martina Smrekar. "An Overview of Fall Prevention Strategies Among Adult Patients in Hospital Settings." Croatian nursing journal 4, no. 2 (December 11, 2020): 205–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.24141/2/4/2/7.

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Falls present a major challenge for health care systems: they correlate with poor patient outcomes, extend the length of hospitalization, and increase overall medical expenditure. According to existing literature, risk factors for the occurrence of falls include the male gender, urinary incontinence, muscle weakness, agitation or confusion, and dementia. Studies have shown that the combined practice of identifying risk factors and implementing appropriate fall prevention interventions leads to a reduction in the incidence of falls among hospital patients. As the largest group of health professionals committed to providing high-quality care, nurses play an important role in preventing falls among patient populations. In order to prevent falls and maintain patient safety, it is important to identify the most effective strategies for fall prevention. This study presents an overview of previously published strategies and intervention practices on fall prevention in hospital settings around the world. The most common interventions include fall risk assessment, environment/equipment modifications, patient education/family education on fall prevention interventions, staff education on fall reporting and fall prevention, fall risk alerts, medication management, physical fitness of patients, assistance with transfer and toileting and effective team communication and leadership. Ultimately, it is incumbent upon nurses, other health-care professionals and the entire hospital system to develop effective strategies in order to prevent falls among hospitalised patients.
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Pereira, Cristiana Borges, and Aline Mizuta Kozoroski Kanashiro. "Falls in older adults: a practical approach." Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 80, no. 5 suppl 1 (May 2022): 313–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2022-s107.

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ABSTRACT Background: Falls are a major problem in public health since they are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. To evaluate the risk of fall and prescribe preventive interventions may be a challenging task. Objectives: The objectives of this study are to summarize the most relevant information on the topic “falls in the elderly” and to give a critical view and practical clinical approach on this topic. Methods: In March 2022, a search of Pubmed database was performed, using the terms “fall elderly”, fall prevention”, “fall risk”, with the following parameters: five years, review, systematic review, meta-analysis, practice guidelines. Results: There are several risk factors for falls that can be grouped in different areas (psychosocial, demographic, medical, medication, behavioral, environmental). The clinical evaluation of an older adult prone to falls must include identification of risk factors through history and examination and identification of risk of falls through an assessment tool such as gait velocity, functional reach test, timed up and go, Berg balance test, and miniBEST test. Fall prevention strategies can be single or multiple, and physical activity is the most cited. Technology can be used to detect and prevent falls. Conclusion: A systematic approach to the older patient in risk of falls is feasible and may impact fall prevention.
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Deepa, S. "Prevention of falls." Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics 18, no. 1 (2022): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-3405.343686.

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Evans, Catherine. "Prevention of falls." Primary Health Care 13, no. 7 (September 2003): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/phc.13.7.8.s2.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Falls prevention"

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Tuvemo, Johnson Susanna. "Falls and fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för neurovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-333507.

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Falls are the primary cause of injuries among older adults, and accidents that result from falls can lead to personal suffering and extensive societal burdens. The overall aims of this thesis were to explore and describe falls and fall prevention strategies in community-dwelling older adults and to evaluate a fall prevention home exercise program, the Otago Exercise Program (OEP), with or without motivational interviewing (MI). Methods: Qualitative and quantitative research methods were uses. The designs were as follows: a cross-sectional, descriptive and comparative study (study I); a descriptive feasibility investigation (study II) and a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two interventions, the OEP and OEP+MI, as well as a control group, with a 12-month follow-up (study III); and a prospective and descriptive study (study IV). The four studies comprised community-dwelling individuals aged 75 years or older. Study I included 262 individuals and studies II-IV had 175 participants who needed walking aids or home support. Study II also included 12 physical therapists.  Data collection was performed via self-reported questionnaires, fall calendars, exercise diaries, physical performance tests and a semi-structured questionnaire.  Results and conclusions: Suggested actions to prevent falls significantly differed between high and low active older adults (study I). Support for self-directed behavioral strategies could be important for preventing falls in older adults who have low physical activity levels. The study protocol for the RCT had acceptable feasibility (study II), and only minor changes of the protocol were needed. There were no benefits for OEP or OEP+MI with personal support implemented nine times over the 12-month period. However, all groups maintained physical functioning and activity (study III). To increase physical functioning and reduce falls in this sub-group of older adults, more frequent personal support and/or an alternative delivery format may be required for efficient intensity and challenge in home exercises. Over 12 months, falls and fall-related injuries in the RCT sample were the most common when moving around within the home and transitioning from sitting to standing (study IV). Special attention to these activities might be important for preventing falls in community-dwelling older adults who need walking aids or home support.
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Belcher, Janet Maxine. "Quality Initiative to Reduce Falls in an Acute Care Setting." ScholarWorks, 2020. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7599.

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Falls are the most frequently reported incidents among hospitalized patients in the United States with at least 4 falls per 1,000 patient days occurring annually. Falls are related to high rates of mortality and morbidity and high hospital costs. The purpose of this project was to evaluate a fall prevention quality initiative to reduce falls in an acute care facility by educating staff on an evidence-based fall prevention protocol. The project sought to explore whether implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention initiative in educating nurses would affect the nurses’ professional knowledge and the number of patient fall incidences in the cardiac care unit. The theoretical framework supporting this project was Neuman’s systems theory. The Iowa model was used to guide this evidence-based project. An educational session was implemented to increase nurses’ awareness of fall prevention practices. Two sets of data were collected: the pretest and posttest results, and the number of falls on the unit. A total of 21 unit nurses participated in the pretest; 18 (86.0%) completed the posttest. The mean score on the pretest was 81.62%; the mean score was 85.89% for the posttest with a mean difference of 4.27%. A paired sample t-test revealed no statistically significant differences in scores after education. This project has implications for social change by supporting patient safety, decreased hospital stays, and reduced health care expenses to patients and health care organizations.
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Rossiter, Anna Louise. "Preventing falls in older adults : understanding postural instability to improve fall assessment and prevention." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6352/.

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Falls in older adults are a serious and increasing problem for the NHS. Due to their multifactorial causes falls are difficult to prevent but research suggests that assessment and early interventions of those at risk of falling can help reduce fall frequency and consequently alleviate the health service burden and improve quality of life for older adults. The overall objective of this work was to investigate postural stability in persons over the age of 65 years to understand why this age group are susceptible to falls. Three main research aims were pursued (i) establish the scale of the issue of falls in older adults; (ii) develop an assessment system to measure postural stability; (iii) determine the conditions that compromise postural stability and assess awareness of this compromised stability. Firstly the existing literature was reviewed and a large scale analysis of accident reports from a sample of UK care homes was carried out. The results showed that falls are a serious issue for older adults residing in care homes, but also that accident reports are not necessarily reliable and some institutions may underreport falls. Pilot work in the early stages of the research process developed an accurate and reliable system to measure levels of postural stability. A Wii balance board was interfaced with a computer based kinematic assessment tool to measure postural stability whilst carrying out a variety of computerised secondary tasks. This assessment system was then used to fulfil the final research aim of investigating postural stability in older adults when loaded with various secondary tasks. Older adults’ postural stability was found to be compromised when undertaking a concurrent visuomotor task, but critically the results showed that this group were unaware of this compromise. The implications of these findings are discussed and further research directions are suggested.
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Vassallo, Michael. "The prevention of falls in hospital." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268641.

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Ramasamy, Kasturi. "Educational Training on Falls Intervention for Elderly Patients in Acute Care Settings." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7064.

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Falls among hospitalized elderly patients are a safety concern for health care organizations and the patients they serve, but falls can be prevented through the team effort of nurses and other health care professions to promote safety within the organization. The project site was experiencing an increase in the number of patients falls and identified the need for staff education related to assessment and intervention to prevent patient falls in the elderly population. Thus, the practice-focused question for this project was whether an educational program on evidence-based fall prevention strategies using the American Medical Directors Association clinical guidelines would improve staff nurse ability to assess fall risk and apply intervention strategies for elderly patients in an acute care setting compared to standard practice. Lewin's change theory was used as the theoretical foundation for this project. A total of 29 cardiac unit staff nurses who participated in the educational program were provided information on recognizing risk factors for falls, conducting an accurate fall risk assessment using the Morse Fall Scale, and developing individualized care plan for managing fall risk. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2E Fall Knowledge Test was used in a pre- and posttest design to assess the efficacy of the educational program. The results showed a statistically significant increase (p < 0.001) in staff members' knowledge in recognizing, assessing, and managing falls. This project can improve nurse's knowledge with evidence-based recommendations in practice, which promotes positive social change through improved staff competency that may result in decreased patient falls and adverse patient outcomes.
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Khan, Bibi Farida. "Reducing Falls in the Vulnerable Elderly: Implementing an Inpatient Fall Prevention Program." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7683.

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Inpatient falls are a leading cause of fatal and serious injuries among hospitalized elderly patients, often with devastating consequences. This quality improvement project was conducted on a geriatric unit in a large southeastern U. S. hospital, following recognition of an increase in the number of falls with several sustained injuries. After an analysis of the previous fall prevention strategies, a panel of stakeholders who formed a falls prevention committee determined that implementing an evidence-based fall risk assessment tool to help identify risk factors, as well as implementing interventions to address those risk factors, would make fall prevention more patient specific and comprehensive. Guided by the IOWA Model, this project was designed to assess the effectiveness of implementing the Morse Fall Scale for a period of 2 months on the geriatric unit. Nurses were educated on the use of the tool and interventions, and 32 (87.5%) shared their perceptions of the effectiveness of the tool using a 5-item questionnaire following tool implementation. Fall rates based on nursing assessments and incident reports were monitored 6 months prior to, 2 months during implementation, and 2 months after the implementation of the MFS ended. The fall rate on the unit decreased by 50% during the implementation of the Morse Fall Scale; 99% of nurses agreed or strongly agreed that the tool was easy to understand, quick to use, identified and increased awareness of fall risks as well as fall prevention strategies, and decreased falls. Nurses leading fall prevention programs supported by evidence can address the serious patient safety issue of falls to decrease the negative impact on patients, families, and health care systems by reducing falls among elderly patients.
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Ancrum-Lee, Shanetta Monique. "Implementation of a Standardized Multifactorial Fall Prevention Program in a Rehabilitation Facility." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3382.

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One and a half million people are currently living in residential care facilities; as the baby boomer generation ages, this number will increase to 3 million. Approximately 3 out of 4 residents of these facilities fall each year, and 10% to 20% of those falls result in serious injuries such as fractures, disability, and a decreased quality of living. The BOUNCE Back fall initiative is a multifactorial program that uses a systematic approach starting on admission and to re-evaluate a resident following a fall. Nursing and therapy uses the Morse Fall Scale and the Elderly Mobility Scale to assess and categorize the resident's risk for falls. Guided by Lewin's theory of change, this project was designed to assess the effectiveness of the fall initiative as a quality improvement 60-day (August 2016- September 2016) pilot study in a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility as a potential means to reduce the number of resident falls. Sixty residents (aged 64 to 98, mean age 81) were assessed at a minimum 2 time points to determine their level of fall risk and needed intervention, within 60 minutes of admission to the facility and 7 days postadmission. De-identified pre- and post-implementation data were provided from the corporate quality measure database, entered into a spreadsheet, and numbers were compared. As a result of the fall prevention pilot, for August 2016, 5 falls occurred with no repeat fallers; September 2016, 3 falls with 1 repeat faller which is a significant decrease from 14-22 falls occurring per month for 2 consecutive years. Following implementation, the facility scored 3%-5% for the number of falls, which is below the 7% threshold set forth by the pilot facility's corporate office. Prior to the implementation of the initiative, the facility had not met the 7% fall threshold in 2 years
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Frigault, Julia. "Culturally Safe Falls Prevention Programs for Inuvialuit Elders." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/37150.

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In Canada, falls are one of the leading causes of injury and deaths for seniors. These types of injuries can typically be avoided through falls prevention programs, and past studies suggest that these health services have significantly reduced seniors’ falls risk and rates in Canada. Despite the abundance of falls prevention research, practices and programs available in the country, Aboriginal Elders remain overrepresented in fall-related injury and fatality rates. The elevated rates of falls for Aboriginal Elders indicate that current falls prevention programs and standards may not be reaching those most vulnerable to fall hazards and injuries. My thesis is written in the publishable paper format and is comprised of two papers. Using an exploratory case study methodology in paper one, I investigated the social determinants of health that Inuvialuit Elders and LFPPs identify as factors that increase, decrease, or have no effect on the likelihood of an Inuvialuit Elder experiencing a fall. Together, we found that personal health status and conditions, personal health practices and coping skills, physical environments, social support networks, and access to health services increase Inuvialuit Elders likelihood of experiencing a fall, health practices and coping skills and access to health services decrease Inuvialuit Elders likelihood of experiencing a fall, and culture has no affect on the likelihood of Inuvialuit Elders experiencing a fall. In paper two, I used a participatory action research approach informed by postcolonial theory to examine what current falls prevention recommendations are offered by local falls prevention programmers (LFPPs) in order to reduce fall rates among Inuvialuit Elders in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada; and to understand how falls prevention programs for Inuvialuit Elders can be co-created with participants to be culturally safe. In it, I provide the recommended strategies of developing and implementing a culturally safe falls prevention program for Inuvialuit Elders, as suggested by the LFPPs and Inuvialuit Elders who participated in the research. Taken together, the papers in this thesis make it apparent that research concerning falls prevention for Aboriginal Elders and falls prevention programs continues to be influenced by colonial practices. As a result, there is a demonstrated need for program development and research in this area to work towards reducing health disparities and challenging colonial practices.
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Hudson, Sonia A. "Systematic Literature Review on Fall Prevention in an Acute Care Hospital Setting." ScholarWorks, 2020. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7874.

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Falls, with and without injury, in acute care hospitals are quite common but can be prevented if appropriate interventions are in place to address this issue. It is imperative that nurses assess fall risks of all patients admitted to the hospital and advocate for appropriate interventions to prevent falls in those who are found to be at risk. The purpose of this project was to recommend changes to the current fall prevention protocol in the project facility, an acute care hospital, based on best practices identified in a systematic review of the literature. At the time of the project, the hospital had a high rate of falls. The clinical practice question addressed by this project focused on the evidence-based fall prevention interventions that have resulted in a decreased fall rate among patients on medical-surgical units in an acute inpatient hospital setting. This doctoral project was informed by Kolcaba's theory of caring, and the major source of evidence was a systematic review of the literature focusing on fall prevention. Findings indicated that identification of fall risk factors and implementation of multifactorial fall prevention interventions, such as fall prevention teams, unit fall team champions and use of a fall risk scale, can reduce falls on medical surgical units in acute care hospitals. It was recommended that a multidisciplinary fall prevention team be developed in conjunction with unit fall team champions and that a fall risk scale be used to bridge the practice gap. If implemented, these changes may benefit patients, nurses, and the organization as a whole through decreased falls, lengths of stay, and health care costs.
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Campbell, Baili Denise. "Fall Safety Bundle." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2797.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) report thousands of falls in hospitals each year. The CMS does not reimburse hospitals for fall related injuries, costing the hospital system organization for which this DNP project was designed millions of dollars each year. Framed within the Iowa model of evidence-based practice and using a team approach, the purpose of this project was to develop an evidence-based (EB) fall safety bundle for use by nursing staff and a curriculum to educate staff on prevention strategies. The components of the EB fall bundle kit were approved by the stakeholder committee. Evaluation of the curriculum and the pretest/posttest items was completed by three content experts. The curriculum was evaluated related to the objectives using a 'met' (2) and a 'not met' (1) response. All responses were 'met' for an average score of 2 showing the content met the objectives. Validation of the pretest/post items was conducted using a 10-item, Likert scale, ranging from 1- 'is not relevant' to 4- 'is highly relevant'. The content validation index was 1.0, showing that the test items met the objectives and content of the course. Recommendations included providing a consistent methodology to disseminate the fall safety bundle and educational curriculum across the entire healthcare system as well as adding the fall safety bundle tool kit to the hospital's intranet page for ease of access for all staff. Social change will be achieved by facilitating prevention of fall related injuries and avoiding the financial impact on the facility.
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Books on the topic "Falls prevention"

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Bovre, Susan. Designing fall prevention workshops. Tucson, AZ: Center for Continuing Education, Desert Southwest Fitness, 2003.

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Pilla, Steven Di. Slip and fall prevention: A practical handbook. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 2003.

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Preventing patient falls. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, 1997.

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A, Haviley Corinne, ed. Patient falls assessment and prevention. Marblehead, MA: HCPro, 2007.

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Steven, Di Pilla, ed. Slip, trip, and fall prevention: A practical handbook. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, Fla: CRC Press, 2009.

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L, Vincent Mathis, and Moreau Theo M, eds. Accidental falls: Causes, preventions, and interventions. New York: Nova Science, 2008.

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Preventing patient falls: Establishing a fall intervention program. 2nd ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2009.

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Alvord, Lynn Stephen. Falls assessment and prevention: Home, hospice, and extended care. San Diego, CA: Plural Pub., 2008.

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Pilla, Steven Di. Slip and fall prevention: A practical handbook. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 2003.

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Tideiksaar, Rein. Falls in older persons: Prevention and management. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Health Professions Press, 1998.

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Book chapters on the topic "Falls prevention"

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Juratovac, Evanne. "Falls Prevention." In Encyclopedia of Women’s Health, 469–71. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48113-0_157.

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Bartl, Reiner, and Christoph Bartl. "Falls and Fall Prevention." In Bone Disorders, 261. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29182-6_38.

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Bartl, Reiner, and Christoph Bartl. "Falls and Fall Prevention." In The Osteoporosis Manual, 263. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00731-7_33.

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Bischoff-Ferrari, Heike A. "Prevention of Falls." In Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, 389–95. Ames, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118453926.ch45.

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Wehren, L., and J. Magaziner. "Prevention of Falls." In Management of Fractures in Severely Osteoporotic Bone, 333–52. London: Springer London, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3825-9_24.

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Paul, Sunita. "Falls: Prevention and Management." In Geriatric Medicine, 109–19. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3253-0_8.

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Santy-Tomlinson, Julie, Robyn Speerin, Karen Hertz, Ana Cruz Tochon-Laruaz, and Marsha van Oostwaard. "Falls and Secondary Fracture Prevention." In Perspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults, 27–40. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76681-2_3.

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Mackenzie, Lynette. "Occupation Analysis and Falls Prevention." In Occupation Analysis in Practice, 177–94. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118786604.ch12.

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Martins, Anabela Correia, Daniela Guia, and Marina Saraiva. "Promoting functional ability and falls prevention." In Promoting Healthy and Active Aging, 9–23. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003215271-2.

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Halvachizadeh, Sascha, Christian Hierholzer, and Hans-Christoph Pape. "Falls’ Prevention by Self-Managed Scoring." In Senior Trauma Patients, 101–5. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91483-7_11.

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Conference papers on the topic "Falls prevention"

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Jessen, Jari Due, and Henrik Hautop Lund. "Playful home training for falls prevention." In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/aim.2015.7222550.

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Hsieh, Chia-Yeh, Wan-Ting Shi, Hsiang-Yun Huang, Kai-Chun Liu, Steen J. Hsu, and Chia-Tai Chan. "Machine learning-based fall characteristics monitoring system for strategic plan of falls prevention." In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Applied System Innovation (ICASI). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icasi.2018.8394388.

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Herghelegiu, Anna Marie, Gabriel Ioan Prada, Andreea Maria Marin, and Raluca Mihaela Nacu. "Risk factors and prevention strategies for falls in elderly." In 2015 E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ehb.2015.7391398.

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Stirton-Croft, Alison, and Emma Imam. "P-144 Revolutionising falls prevention in the hospice setting." In Dying for change: evolution and revolution in palliative care, Hospice UK 2019 National Conference, 20–22 November 2019, Liverpool. British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-huknc.166.

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Poulain, L., V. Strotz, X. Grapton, and P. Lemesle. "AB0844 Falls: risk and prevention in private rheumatology practice." In Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, 14–17 June, 2017. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-eular.1540.

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Onodera, Hiroshi, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Hiroteru Yamanouchi, Kazumasa Nagamori, Masaru Yano, Yasuhisa Hirata, and Kazuo Hokkirigawa. "Analysis of the slip-related falls and fall prevention with an intelligent shoe system." In EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2010). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/biorob.2010.5628030.

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Saduakas, Alisher, Ulugbek Ismatullaev, and Kwanmyung Kim. "Addressing the Gaps in Elderly Falling Prevention from the Perspective of a Human-Centered Design." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001675.

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People that were born during the “baby boom” are currently entering retirement age, which may bring about various issues. Elderly people may live longer than previous senior generations and experience more health issues that increase pressures on healthcare facilities. As this population grows, studying the issues that affect the elderly along with relevant solutions is vital. One such issue is falls, which cause various health-deteriorating consequences and even death in millions of seniors annually worldwide. Although numerous studies have been conducted on fall risk factors, there is still a gap in the study of interventions to address these factors. Here, a systematic literature review of all possible risk factors for falls and solutions addressing them was conducted. During the review process, certain gaps in interventions addressing the risk factors of falls were found. Hence, this study aimed to shed light on such gaps and provide insights on solutions from a human-centered design perspective.
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Dacombe, Jennifer, and Kerri McManus. "P-127 Enhancing patient experience – falls prevention within a hospice." In Transforming Palliative Care, Hospice UK 2018 National Conference, 27–28 November 2018, Telford. British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-hospiceabs.152.

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Aung Aung Phyo Wai, Kow Yuan-Wei, Foo Siang Fook, M. Jayachandran, J. Biswas, and J. J. Cabibihan. "Sleeping patterns observation for bedsores and bed-side falls prevention." In 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iembs.2009.5335385.

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Mcgloughlin, Elspeth, and Tracey Addy. "P-163 There is more to falls than falling: a collaborative approach to psychological falls prevention strategies." In Finding a Way Forward, Hospice UK National Conference, 22–24 November 2022, Glasgow. British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2022-hunc.179.

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Tristao Parra, Maira, Ryan Moran, David Wing, and Jeanne Nichols. Digitally-delivered exercise interventions for fall and fracture prevention in older adults: A scoping review. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.8.0097.

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Review question / Objective: To systematically synthesize the key characteristics (the reach, implementation, efficacy, and safety) of digitally delivered fall and fracture prevention through exercise among community-residing older adults. Rationale: Falls represent a significant cause of preventable injury, contributing to premature morbidity and mortality worldwide(1). Fall risk is multifactorial, and there are numerous strategies to prevent falls, being exercise programs strongly recommended. While there is strong evidence of the effectiveness of targeted exercise in reducing falls and fractures in older adults (2), these are normally delivered in-person by qualified instructors. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of technologies for medical care increased substantially(3). Also, services including exercise programs were shut down. The combination of continued reluctance among many older adults to return to in-person programs in addition to their comfort level to exercise from their homes are two main factors that justify the need for digitally delivered programs. To date, little is known about the reach, implementation, efficacy, and safety of exercise programs delivered digitally.
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Zhang, Qin, Dongze Li, Jia Yu, and Yi Liu. The effect of exercise on the prevention of falls in older adults : a systematic evaluation and meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2020.11.0008.

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Jiménez-Lupión, Daniel, Daniel Jerez-Mayorga, Luis Javier Chirosa-Ríos, and Darío Martínez-García. Effect of muscle power training on fall risk in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.12.0073.

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Review question / Objective: P: Older adults; I: Power training; C: Other type of exercise program; O: Fall Risk. Objective: To describe the effectiveness of muscle power training on fall risk in older adults. Condition being studied: Healthy older adults or those with different pathologies who undergo a muscle power training program for the prevention of falls. Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria: Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT); Adults over 60 years of age, living independently in the community without disabilities and other diseases that make them unsuitable for exercise interventions; muscle power training of the lower limbs, without combining it with other types of exercise; Outcome: Fall Risk. Exclusion Criteria: Studies that used ergogenic drugs or aids; studies that manipulated diet; conference presentations, theses, books, editorials, review articles, and expert opinions; missing full text or incomplete data on outcome indicators.
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Bhasin, Shalender, Thomas Gill, David Reuben, Nancy Latham, and Peter Peduzzi. Preventing Serious Falls among Older Adults -- The STRIDE Study. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute® (PCORI), June 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.25302/06.2022.mounih.2013001.

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Wei, Fei-Long, Cheng-Pei Zhou, Kai-Long Zhu, Ming-Rui Du, Hao-Ran Gao, Yi-Fang Yuan, Yi-Li Zhu, et al. Association Between Vitamin D Supplementation and Fall prevention: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2020.7.0030.

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Liu, Tang, Zhimin Yang, Zhihong Li, and Xiaolei Ren. Differential Effects of Vitamin D And Active Vitamin D Supplements for Preventing Falls: A Meta-Analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, September 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2020.9.0018.

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Zheng, Xinhu, Zuhong Liu, Jing Wang, Zhidong Cai, Wanting Jiang, and Xing Wang. The Effect of Exercise on Preventing Falls in the Elderly with Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment: a meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review Protocols, April 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2020.4.0189.

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Chen, Rao, Xing Wang, Cong Liu, and Xiaojing Zhou. Meta-analysis of intervention effect of Tai Chi exercise on fall prevention and motor function in patients with Parkinson's disease. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.7.0054.

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S. Abdellatif, Omar. Localizing Human Rights SDGs: Ghana in context. Raisina House, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.52008/gh2021sdg.

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In September 2015, Ghana along all UN member states endorsed the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the cardinal agenda towards achieving a prosperous global future. The SDGs are strongly interdependent, making progress in all goals essential for a country’s achievement of sustainable development. While Ghana and other West African nations have exhibited significant economic and democratic development post-independence. The judiciary system and related legal frameworks, as well as the lack of rule law and political will for safeguarding the human rights of its citizens, falls short of considering violations against minorities. Will Ghana be able to localize human rights related SDGs, given that West African governments historically tended to promote internal security and stability at the expense of universal human rights? This paper focuses on evaluating the commitments made by Ghana towards achieving Agenda 2030, with a particular focus on the SDGs 10 and 16 relating to the promotion of reduced inequalities, peace, justice and accountable institutions. Moreover, this paper also analyzes legal instruments and state laws put in place post Ghana’s democratization in 1992 for the purpose of preventing discrimination and human rights violations in the nation. The article aims to highlight how Ghana’s post-independence political experience, the lack of rule of law, flaws in the judiciary system, and the weak public access to justice are obstacles to its effective localization of human rights SGDs. Those obstacles to Ghana’s compliance with SDGs 10 and 16 are outlined in this paper through a consideration of human rights violations faced by the Ghanaian Muslim and HIV minorities, poor prison conditions, limited public access to justice and the country’s failure to commit to international treaties on human rights. Keywords: Ghana, human rights, rule of law, security, Agenda 2030
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Tao, Yang, Amos Mizrach, Victor Alchanatis, Nachshon Shamir, and Tom Porter. Automated imaging broiler chicksexing for gender-specific and efficient production. United States Department of Agriculture, December 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2014.7594391.bard.

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Extending the previous two years of research results (Mizarch, et al, 2012, Tao, 2011, 2012), the third year’s efforts in both Maryland and Israel were directed towards the engineering of the system. The activities included the robust chick handling and its conveyor system development, optical system improvement, online dynamic motion imaging of chicks, multi-image sequence optimal feather extraction and detection, and pattern recognition. Mechanical System Engineering The third model of the mechanical chick handling system with high-speed imaging system was built as shown in Fig. 1. This system has the improved chick holding cups and motion mechanisms that enable chicks to open wings through the view section. The mechanical system has achieved the speed of 4 chicks per second which exceeds the design specs of 3 chicks per second. In the center of the conveyor, a high-speed camera with UV sensitive optical system, shown in Fig.2, was installed that captures chick images at multiple frames (45 images and system selectable) when the chick passing through the view area. Through intensive discussions and efforts, the PIs of Maryland and ARO have created the protocol of joint hardware and software that uses sequential images of chick in its fall motion to capture opening wings and extract the optimal opening positions. This approached enables the reliable feather feature extraction in dynamic motion and pattern recognition. Improving of Chick Wing Deployment The mechanical system for chick conveying and especially the section that cause chicks to deploy their wings wide open under the fast video camera and the UV light was investigated along the third study year. As a natural behavior, chicks tend to deploy their wings as a mean of balancing their body when a sudden change in the vertical movement was applied. In the latest two years, this was achieved by causing the chicks to move in a free fall, in the earth gravity (g) along short vertical distance. The chicks have always tended to deploy their wing but not always in wide horizontal open situation. Such position is requested in order to get successful image under the video camera. Besides, the cells with checks bumped suddenly at the end of the free falling path. That caused the chicks legs to collapse inside the cells and the image of wing become bluer. For improving the movement and preventing the chick legs from collapsing, a slowing down mechanism was design and tested. This was done by installing of plastic block, that was printed in a predesign variable slope (Fig. 3) at the end of the path of falling cells (Fig.4). The cells are moving down in variable velocity according the block slope and achieve zero velocity at the end of the path. The slop was design in a way that the deacceleration become 0.8g instead the free fall gravity (g) without presence of the block. The tests showed better deployment and wider chick's wing opening as well as better balance along the movement. Design of additional sizes of block slops is under investigation. Slops that create accelerations of 0.7g, 0.9g, and variable accelerations are designed for improving movement path and images.
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