The present study provides insights and highlights the need for falls and injury surveillance.
12 Therefore, our setting needs structured fall education material, and all patients who have had falls and fall-related injuries need referral for fall prevention services, and should receive follow-ups as recommended by national and international bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 38 WHO, 39 and the American and British Geriatrics Societies.
Physicians and health plans should tout these benefits during referral to exercise programs because older adults are motivated to participate by a wide range of perceived benefits such as enjoyment, improved health, mood, and independence (Yardley et al. 2006), and some older people do not perceive a need for a fall prevention program when advertised as such (Calhoun et al. 2011).
These authors emphasized the need for targeted fall prevention interventions among this population, aiming to improve muscle strength of the lower limbs and proprioceptive acuity, resulting in better balance and reduced risk of falling.
The Project Coordinator conducted a learning needs assessment for fall injury prevention in LTC settings by drawing on findings from the focus groups, conversations with LTC staff and residents, peer-reviewed articles, and evidenced-based best practice guidelines available online.
Importantly, these results point to the need for different falls prevention strategies in those at-risk of having low versus high falls due to the different circumstances, settings and age groups, respectively.
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Much of the extra need for aid falls on the shoulders of non-profit social service groups such as this one.
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This means that relying on assessments of the status of care recipients with dementia, and on carer burden, may inadvertently exclude those for whom the basis of their need for services falls outside existing measures.
