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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"falls prevention"”.
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Social Marketing and Falls Prevention: Market Segmentation and Product Positioning
… present study sets out to better understand how falls prevention can be marketed and positioned in order to increase participation rates in seniors. Market segmentation was used to create unique marketing mixes for individual groups of seniors. The senior market was segmented into frequent …
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Exercise classes for falls prevention: Older men’s participation and perspectives
… QUESTION How can older men be better engaged in falls prevention exercise classes and programmes? ABSTRACT Exercise classes remain a common and recommended evidence-based intervention in falls prevention. Much of the literature supports the effectiveness of classes to reduce falls in community …
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Interdisciplinary Team Approach in Fall Prevention: Physician Perspective Focus
… contribute to the occurrence of in-hospital falls. Despite this, hospitals must undertake consistent evidence-based measures to prevent fall occurrences as much as possible.</p> <p>The traditional nursing approach to falls prevention is not sufficient to control fall rates because the issue …
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The influence of inspiratory muscle training upon balance and functional performance with older adults.
Accidental falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries amongst older adults in the Western world. Around 30% of people over 65 years will fall at least once a year in the UK, whereas 50% of people over 80 years will fall annually (NICE 2013). Recently, falls prevention programmes …
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Fall Prevention Through Proactive Toileting
… paper will summarize the quality improvement falls prevention project conducted by a University of San Francisco Clinical Nurse Leader student. Falls in the hospital setting are an ongoing problem in our healthcare system as they have great physical and financial impacts (Salamon, Victory, & …
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How can healthcare service engagement be supported for service users with complex healthcare needs?
… an empirical ethnographic study of a UK-based falls prevention service. Mixed methods were used to collect data from a wide range of sources, including twenty semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals and service users, ninety-two surveys, referral forms, assessments, and …
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Experiences of falls in domestic settings and use of ambulance services : an ethnographic study
… 35% of people over the age of 65 experience falls andapproximately 45% of those are aged over 85 and live in the community. Localunpublished data from an English ambulance service found that followingambulance call-outs, 24-32% of the patients were not conveyed to hospital andof those, only …
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Functional Recovery After Elective Total Hip Arthroplasty Due to Osteoarthritis: The Role of Postural Stability
… characterize early postoperative rehabilitation, falls prevention practices, and implementation facilitators and barriers. Physical therapy care commonly emphasized individualized education and exercise-based therapy, but the use of validated assessments and evidence-based falls prevention …
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Factors contributing to falls in a tertiary acute care setting in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive study
Introduction. Patient falls occur frequently in the acute hospital setting and are one of the most common adverse events experienced by hospitalised patients. In-hospital falls have negative outcomes for patients, causing injuries in up to half of those who fall. Falls in hospital create additional …
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Quality Improvement Project on Patient Falls in a Medical-Telemetry Unit
… paper will summarize the quality improvement falls prevention project conducted by a group of University of San Francisco Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) students. Falls in the acute care setting are a major issue in the current health care system and are a main topic of interest for CNL students …
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FALL REDUCTION ON THE MEDICAL-SURGICAL UNIT
… objective of this project is to reduce patient falls by 25% at the end of September 2018 on the medical-surgical unit. Another objective is to retrain staff on fall prevention measures. The medical-surgical unit provides care to patients who are acutely ill with a wide variety of medical issues. …
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Inter-rater reliability using a modified Balance Error Scoring System
… could be suitable for future research regarding falls prevention to help assess falls risk with more authenticity.
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A multidisciplinary intervention to reduce subsequent falls and health service use in older fallers who are not transported to hospital following ambulance care
… (ED). This population is at high risk of future falls and unplanned health care use, and non-transported fallers have poorer health outcomes than their transported counterparts, potentially due to a lack of appropriate referral pathways and follow-up care. This randomised controlled trial …
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The feasibility and potential effectiveness of a conventional and exergame intervention to alter balance-related outcomes including fall risk: a mixed methods study
… groups explored participants' experiences of falls and the exergaming intervention using a phenomenology lens. Results: Site and participant recruitment was simple and readily achievable, with low numbers need to screen required. Eligibility criteria were confirmed and more added. Adherence …
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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Sustaining in Organizational Memory
… in one large Canadian province where a CPG on prevention of falls was widely disseminated. Findings confirmed that fall prevention practice knowledge was transferred and embedded in all six knowledge reservoirs; however, there were three specific knowledge reservoirs that were found to be …
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Biomechanical and psychological factors that distinguish fallers from non-fallers : a comparative study of transtibial amputees and able bodied individuals
… In order to make recommendations for falls prevention and treatment programmes, it is important to have a sound understanding of the underlying biomechanical function in persons at high risk of falling. While biomechanical differences between fallers and non-fallers have been …
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An exploration of services and member profiles at Senior Service Centres in the Western Cape, South Africa
… provided as part of health promotion and disease prevention services. • Behavioural – Physical activity/exercise programmes were most common, but no programs addressed healthy eating habits, tobacco and alcohol abuse, or adherence to medication use. • Personal factors – Services were provided to …
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Assessment of Falls on a Medical-Telemetry Unit
… quality improvement project aimed at reducing falls on a medical-telemetry unit in a large metropolitan Magnet hospital. It was important for the MSN/CNL students to focus on falls because it is not just a concern for this institution, it is a national dilemma that needs to be addressed. Due to …
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"Call Before You Fall"
… such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes (CALNOC) have prioritized reduction of inpatient falls as a patient safety goal. An improvement project utilizing the model for improvement and Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles was …