NDLI: Fall prevention in nursing homes.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Becker, Clemens Rapp, Kilian
Description	Country affiliation: Germany Author Affiliation: Becker C ( Department of Clinical Gerontology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany. clemens.becker@rbk.de)
Abstract	The incidence of falls and fall-related injuries such as hip fractures remains high in nursing homes (NHs) across the world. Randomized controlled trials have shown that interventions that combine multiple components such as progressive exercise, medication review, and improvements in the person-environment fit and delivered by multidisciplinary teams can effectively reduce the number of falls and fallers. Vitamin D supplementation in adequate dosage is another effective method to reduce the burden of injuries in NHs. Single interventions such as exercise alone or insufficient organizational support are reasons for failure or even harmful consequences. Large-scale efforts are needed and justified to translate these findings into meaningful results.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	07490690
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	26
e-ISSN	18798853
Journal	Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Publisher Date	2010-11-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Geriatrics Accident Prevention Accidental Falls Prevention & Control Homes For The Aged Nursing Homes Risk Management Aged Environment Design Exercise Fractures, Bone Humans Long-term Care Risk Factors Vitamin D Administration & Dosage Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't Review
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geriatrics and Gerontology

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