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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"fall assessment"”.
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Preventing Recurrent Falls In Elderly Home Bound Health Plan Members
<p>Falls have become a major public health concern. As the population ages, the prevalence of falls among older adults continues to increase, as does mortality and morbidity. Evidence-based assessment and intervention tools are widely available, though in practice, providers experience challenges …
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Teaching a Primary Prevention Falls Program: Using the Stop Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) Toolkit
<p><strong><em>Problem: </em></strong>Falls in the community dwelling older adult (CDOA) are a growing health concern, placing large financial and social burdens. Primary care providers (PCPs) are not engaging in falls assessment and prevention activities due to the lack of knowledge and time. …
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Development and Validation of Wearable Systems for Human Postural Sway Analysis
<p>Falls are the most common cause of injury in older adults. Around one-third of senior citizens (aged 65 or over) experience at least one fall per year, and the frequency increases by 66 percent for those aged over 85 years. Nowadays wearable systems are gaining popularity to perform fall risk …
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Assessment of Fall Protocol Use on a Medical-Telemetry Unit
… improvement project serves to implement a fall prevention plan to decrease patient falls on the medical-telemetry unit of a large metropolitan hospital.</p> <p>Background: Patient falls are a persistent nationwide problem in the acute care setting. Between 700,000 and 1,000,000 falls occur …