Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning Bulletin Volume 11 Issue 10

Effectiveness of nursing interventions in the prevention of falls in older adults in the community and in health care settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of RCT

Source: Enfermería Clínica (English Edition)

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Date of publication: January-February 2024 Vol. 34 Iss. 1 pps. 4-13

 Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: To estimate the effectiveness of fall prevention programs in people aged 65 years and older involving nursing professionals.

 Length of publication: 9 pages

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Interactions that support older inpatients with cognitive impairments to engage with falls prevention in hospitals: An ethnographic study

Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Date of publication: 19 January 2024

 Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: To explore the nature of interactions that enable older inpatients with cognitive impairments to engage with hospital staff on falls prevention.

 Length of publication: 12 pages

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Exercise as a falls prevention strategy in the care of older people.

Source: Nursing Older People

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Date of publication: January 2024

 Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: The aims of this article are to highlight the place of exercise as part of falls prevention strategies in older people and to support nurses to identify ways of improving exercise uptake among their patients to reduce their risk of falls. After reading this article and completing the time out activities you should be able to:

• •Explain why the risk of falls increases with age.
• •Describe the relationship between falls and frailty.
• •Discuss different exercise types and programmes that can be suitable for older people.
• •Demonstrate the benefits of exercise to patients and family carers.
• •Increase patients’ confidence in undertaking exercise unsupervised at home, where appropriate.

 Length of publication: 8 pages

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Are population-based interventions (those aimed at entire communities rather than individuals) helpful in preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people?

Source: The Cochrane Library

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Date of publication: 5 January 2024

 Publication type: Rewview

In a nutshell: Falls in older people are very common. Approximately one-third of people 65 years of age or older fall each year, and some older people may have several falls each year. Falls in older people can be very serious and may lead to broken bones and treatment in hospital. A bad fall may seriously affect someone’s quality of life and possibly lead to a long recovery. Because falls in older people may need treatment in hospital, including surgery for broken bones, they also cost healthcare services large amounts of money. Finding ways to prevent falls will benefit older people as well as reduce the burden of falls in healthcare services.

 Length of publication: 78 pages

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Effectiveness of fall prevention interventions in residential aged care and community settings: an umbrella review

Source: BMC Geriatrics

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Date of publication: 19 January 2024

 Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: Preventing falls is a priority for aged care providers. Research to date has focused on fall prevention strategies in single settings (e.g., residential aged care (RAC) or community settings). However, some aged care providers deliver care, including fall prevention interventions, across RAC and community settings. We conducted an umbrella review to identify what type of fall prevention interventions had the greatest impact on falls outcomes in RAC and community settings.

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Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning Bulletin Volume 11 Issue 9