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81. Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 04, 2024 - Stratified by age, 25.9% of adults aged 65 to 74 years reported falling and 9.3% reported fall-related … injuries; 28.5% of adults aged 75 to 84 years reported falling and 10.6% reported fall-related injuries … ; and 33.8% of adults 85 years or older reported falling and 13.9% reported fall-related injuries. 1 … /health/falls-and-falls-prevention ). … Nearly half of the trials (13/28) defined increased risk as having a history of falling as the sole criterion

82. ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients in bed. | PSNet
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    October 26, 2011 - Newspaper/Magazine Article ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by … Citation Text: ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients in bed. … Patient falls  with harm are a common sentinel event. … This news story discusses the unintended consequences of efforts to avoid system penalties for patient falls … Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: ‘Fear of falling

83. Chapter 4. Long Term Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man4.html
    December 01, 2017 - for falls risk Falls Assessment Fall Interventions Plan Fall Interventions Monitor … Those with a history of falls. … occurred during the previous three months or since the last quarterly MDS is considered at higher risk of falling … Falls Assessment The Falls Assessment is a two step process. … Interim Plan of Care for New Admissions Most residents are at a higher risk of falling in the first

84. Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - Commentary Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … between preventing falls and a more important goal of encouraging patient mobility. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … July 19, 2023 The patient who falls: "It's always a trade-off."

85. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2016 - Clinical and environmental factors that place a patient at risk for falling postoperatively should … addition, use of certain medications may reduce a patient’s risk for postoperative hip fracture after falling … o Polypharmacy of greater than four or five medications per day can double a patient’s risk for falling … personnel follow the safety practices related to preventing postoperative hip • fracture as it relates to falling … Health Care Protocol: Prevention of falls (acute care).

86. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 23, 2020 - Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary health education. … Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary health education. … - health-education Patient falls are an ongoing source of preventable harm. … This article describes the implementation of an innovative employee-based education program for falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/falling-through-crack-bedrails

87. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/strat.html
    October 01, 2017 - Falls Prevention Menu of Implementation Strategies   Existing New Falls High Risk Report … Root Cause Analysis for New Falls     5. Weekly Falls Risk Huddle     6. … Weekly Falls Risk or Safety Meetings     Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit or … Root Cause Analysis for New Falls     4. Weekly Falls Risk Huddle     5. … Weekly Falls Risk or Safety Meetings     Return to Falls Prevention

88. NPSD Data Spotlight - Falls: Associated Factors and Clinical Outcomes (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2023 - NPSD Data Spotlight - Falls: Associated Factors and Clinical Outcomes Falls: Associated Factors and … Falls: Associated Factors and Clinical Outcomes Page | ii Falls: Associated Factors and Clinical … (8,810 out of 109,097 falls). … Notably, half of all falls among all patients under 18 occurred in patients with no known risk of falling … Fainting or losing consciousness (287 / 4,866; 5.9%) and Falling out of a chair/bed while sitting/sleeping

89. A Clinical Decision Support Tool for Preventing Falls | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - A Clinical Decision Support Tool for Preventing Falls Theme: Optimizing Care Delivery for … Falls can have devastating health consequences for older adults but are not often discussed in primary … Fall prevention is possible, but older adults who are at the highest risk of falling need to receive … because falls can be caused by different factors, like the effects of certain medications. … Findings into Diverse Primary Care Practices (ASPIRE)—supports PCPs in identifying older adults at risk of falling

90. New Tools Help Health Providers Reduce Patients' Risk of Falls | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/patients-risk-of-falls.html
    September 01, 2015 - New Tools Help Health Providers Reduce Patients' Risk of Falls For older adults, falls are serious … These falls can cause bone fractures, disability, and even death. … Among people 75 and older, falls are far more likely to cause admissions into a long term care facility … Reduce patient risk and learn about falls through these useful resources: Falls Among Older Adults … Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care The Falls Management Program: A

91. In Conversation With… Ann L. Hendrich, RN, PhD | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - But the majority of injurious patient falls have clear intrinsic risk factors. … 18 holes of golf daily as there are falling. … When surgical patients come back, nearly all of them are going to be high risk for falling. … I've seen everything from falling stars to falling leaves to big red signs. … As a policy strategy, do you think falls should have been on that list?

92. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/assess.html
    November 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Falls Prevention Self-Assessment … designed to help staff review how they currently identify residents who have experienced a change in falls … It is expected that the Facilitator will work with the Change Team to identify gaps in current falls … Falls Prevention Plan Section 3: Investigations/Root Cause Analysis of Resident Falls Section 4: … Falls Prevention Self-Assessment Worksheet Return to Falls Prevention

93. Final Progress Report: An Intervention to Reduce Falls Among Adults with Intellectual Disability (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - receiving services is at least as likely to fall as the population over age 65, with about 1 in 3 falling … falls, and difficulty ambulating. … , as determined by falls risk screening and documented rates of falls. … a 6-month period; 473 falls were recorded among participants---a rate of 51 falls per 100 people-- … Mobility (ambulating inside and outside) Fall History including baseline for falls: number of falls

94. Fractures Were Higher In Adult Women (Aged 18 and Older) Than In Men The Same Age | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD), events reported through December 31, 2021 in the NPSD Falls

95. 75Ftpgw4Rz-3Tdmqpstvdg (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - on the timed Get-Up-and-Go test (3, 4), also identify persons at in- creased risk for falling. … A history of falling is most com- monly used to identify increased risk for future falling and has generally … who have previously fallen and fear falling again. … None of the 4 studies of vision correction reported a reduced risk for falling. … after 12 months and a reduced fear of falling (22).

96. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/intro.html
    November 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Introduction On-Time Falls … informed the development of On-Time Falls Prevention . … Table 1 lists reports and implementation materials for falls prevention. … On-Time Falls Prevention: Reports and Implementation Materials Reports Falls High-Risk … Return to Falls Prevention

97. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Vitamin D and Calcium to Prevent Falls and Fractures in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    January 21, 2025 - The Task Force also recommends against taking vitamin D to prevent falls in this group. … older, this recommendation is focused on falls and fractures in older adults. … “Preventing older adults from falling and breaking a bone is important to their ongoing health and independence … wellness, so the Task Force looked at the evidence on whether supplements could help older adults avoid falling … who are at increased risk of falling.”

98. On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2017 - On-Time Falls Prevention Overview Materials Packet Samples of four types of reports are provided … here: On-Time Falls High-Risk Report . … Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit or Facility . … On-Time Falls High-Risk Report Sample Falls High-Risk Report Unit: ______________________________ … Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit or Facility Sample Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk

99. NPSD Data Spotlight: Patterns of Fall Interventions (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2023 - falls. … known to increase risk of falls Number of falls in the group Number of falls resulted in … or without history of falls Patient has history of falls Number of falls in the group Number … Based on current fall prevention research, patients with differing risks of falling would benefit from … Toileting regimen Toilet regimen Visible identification of patient as being at risk for fall (e.g., Falling

100. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 04, 2024 - Stratified by age, 25.9% of adults aged 65 to 74 years re- ported falling and 9.3% reported fall-related … injuries; 28.5% of adults aged 75 to 84 years reported falling and 10.6% reported fall- related injuries … ; and 33.8% of adults 85 years or older reported falling and 13.9% reported fall-related injuries.1 In … /health/falls-and-falls- prevention). … /health/falls-and-falls-prevention).