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Prevention of fall in the elderly in the health care setting
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Prevention of fall in the elderly in the health care setting
Population
In the global community, elderly individuals aged over 65 years are more vulnerable to fall, and it is generally accepted that this is part of aging. According to Ang et al. (2020), one in every three individuals aged over 65 years and one in every two individuals for those with 80 years and above experience fall one in a year.
Intervention
Falls among the elderly population are associated with modifiable risks factors and are not unavoidable part of life. Alshammari et al. (2018) suggest that falls among the elderly population is mostly due to medical conditions, environmental factors and psychological factors. There are different prevention interventions such as functional training, physical activities, home modifications, reduction of psychotropic drugs and vitamin supplements.
Comparison
Primary care for the elderly patient can be provided both at home and in a nursing health care facility. This project compares the effectiveness of providing prevention intervention in the two environmental setting in elation to increasing safety and ensuring the well being of the elderly in the community.
Outcome and objective
The objective for implementing prevention measures in this project is to reduce the harm-related falls among the elderly population in the USA community. This includes avoiding fall risk factors, reducing injury-related deaths, and increasing elderly safety and well-being when providing primary care (Ganz & Latham, 2020).
Timeframes
The effectiveness of the preventions intervention is measure based on changes in the rate of reported fall injured, increase in safety and well being of the elderly patient both at home and in a nursing home setting within six months after implementing the prevention intervention.
References
Alshammari, S. A., Alhassan, A. M., Aldawsari, M. A., Bazuhair, F. O., Alotaibi, F. K., Aldakhil, A. A., & Abdulfattah, F. W. (2018). Falls among elderly and its relation with their health problems and surrounding environmental factors in Riyadh. Journal of family & community medicine, 25(1), 29.
Ang, G. C., Low, S. L., & How, C. H. (2020). Approach to falls among the elderly in the community: Singapore medical journal, 61(3), 116.
Chippendale, T., & Boltz, M. (2018). Outdoor fall experiences: An exploratory study of urban and suburban dwelling older adults. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics, 36(2-3), 234-244.
Ganz, D. A., & Latham, N. K. (2020). Prevention of falls in community-dwelling older adults. New England journal of medicine, 382(8), 734-743.
Grossman, D. C., Curry, S. J., Owens, D. K., Barry, M. J., Caughey, A. B., Davidson, K. W., ... & US Preventive Services Task Force. (2018). Interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Jama, 319(16), 1696-1704.
Lavedán, A., Viladrosa, M., Jürschik, P., Botigué, T., Nuín, C., Masot, O., & Lavedán, R. (2018). Fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: A cause of falls, a consequence, or both?. PLoS One, 13(3), e0194967.
Moraes, S. A. D., Soares, W. J. S., Lustosa, L. P., Bilton, T. L., Ferrioli, E., & Perracini, M. R. (2017). Characteristics of falls in elderly persons residing in the community: a population-based study. Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 20, 691-701.
Phelan, E. A., & Ritchey, K. (2018). Fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults. Annals of internal medicine, 169(11), ITC81-ITC96.
