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41. Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community Dwelling Adults (pdf file)
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    January 21, 2025 - D Grade The USPSTF recommends against supplementation with vitamin D for the prevention of falls in … • Preventing older adults from falling and breaking a bone is important to their health and independence … recommendation/osteoporosis-screening https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions … Preventing Falls and Hip Fractures (CDC) Falls and Fractures in Older Adults: Causes and Prevention … /prevention/index.html https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/falls-and-falls-prevention/falls-and-fractures-older-adults-causes-and-prevention

42. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2016 - in the hospital.(9) Preventable falls include accidental falls (14%) and anticipated physiological … falls (78%).(9) Accidental falls include slips and trips caused by environmental factors such as food … Accidental falls can be prevented using universal fall precautions, which are actions taken by hospital … Patients' perspectives of falling while in an acute care hospital and suggestions for prevention. … History of Falling ?

43. Implementation Steps and Timeline - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - Implementation Steps and Timeline - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention … AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Implementation Steps and Timeline … Step 1: Agree To Use On-Time Falls Prevention Nursing home leadership agrees to incorporate process … Introduce On-Time Falls Prevention 1st month 5. Review Reports 1st month 6. … Prevention Implementation Steps and Timeline Step 1: Agree To Use On-Time Falls Prevention Step 2

44. Patient activation related to fall prevention: a multisite study | PSNet
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    February 01, 2023 - Patient activation related to fall prevention: a multisite study . … Patient activation related to fall prevention: a multisite study . … March 27, 2019 Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls … of falls in children with physical and cognitive impairments. … February 17, 2021 Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary

45. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Module 3: Falls Prevention and Management Conclusion Previous Page Next Page Table of … to the individual resident's reasons for falling. … Pearls Awareness is a watchword in falls prevention. … Teamwork is necessary to prevent falls. Fall prevention requires active engagement. … to reduce that resident's risk of falling again in the future.

46. Final Progress Report: Generalizability and Spread of an Evidenced-based Fall Prevention Toolkit: Fall TIPS (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Fall TIPS toolkit provides clinical decision support to link a patient’s specific risk factors for falling … Patient falls and falls with injury were measured as follows: Falls incidence: Number of inpatient … Subjects were confident in their ability to prevent patients from falling, rating themselves as 8 on … Evaluation of a Patient-Centered Fall-Prevention Tool Kit to Reduce Falls and Injuries: A Nonrandomized … Evaluation of a Patient- Centered Fall-Prevention Tool Kit to Reduce Falls and Injuries: A Nonrandomized

47. Fall TIPS: A Patient-Centered Fall Prevention Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2021 - The toolkit has reduced falls by 25 percent in acute care hospitals and is used in more than 100 hospitals … Background Falls are the most common cause of preventable injury. … Being hospitalized puts patients at further risk for falls due to illness and the newness of the hospital … patient-specific risk factors for falls and uses a tailored prevention plan. … percent reduction in overall inpatient falls and a 34 percent reduction in injurious falls ( Dykes,

48. Archived: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 17, 2018 - adults in the United States. 1 In 2014, 28.7% of community-dwelling adults 65 years or older reported falling … who have previously fallen and fear falling again. … prevention. … Effects of a multicomponent cognitive behavioral group intervention on fear of falling and activity avoidance … Effect of cholecalciferol plus calcium on falling in ambulatory older men and women: a 3-year randomized

49. Appendix B23: Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Society, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention. … Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons. J Am Geriat Soc 2001;49(5):664-672. … Quality Indicators for the Management and Prevention of Falls and Mobility Problems in Vulnerable Elders … Prevention of falls in hospitalized and institutionalized older people. … Identifying nursing home patients at risk for falling. J Am Geriat Soc 1998;46(5):551-555.

50. Preventing Falls With Injury. | PSNet
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    May 06, 2015 - Multi-use Website Preventing Falls With Injury. … Citation Text: Preventing Falls With Injury. … Patient falls are preventable and can be addressed through quality and safety strategies . … This toolkit provides a process to help health care organizations determine factors that contribute to falls … Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans May 31, 2023

51. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 15, 2010 - Economic dimensions of slip and fall injuries. J Forensic Sci . 1996;41:733-46. … Falls: The Assessment and Prevention of Falls in Older People. … The Winchester falls project: a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention of falls in older … An outpatient multifactorial falls prevention intervention does not reduce falls in high-risk elderly … Development of a common outcome data set for fall injury prevention trials: the Prevention of Falls Network

52. Archived: Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 17, 2018 - or a related aim (eg, fear of falling). … Seven trials recruited patients at average risk of falling, in which the only risk factor for falls was … efficacy and the fear of falling) are often associated with falls and are commonly reported in fall … Prevention of falls in community-dwelling older adults: U.S. … Average to high risk for falling (55% of RCTs recruited "high risk"; often includes history of falls

53. 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 … In response, falls prevention has been identified as a cornerstone of prevention strategies developed … Prevention (2010). … Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons. … Assessment, intervention and prevention of falls in elders with developmental disabilities.

54. Assessment of a wearable fall prevention system at a Veterans Health Administration hospital. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - Study Assessment of a wearable fall prevention system at a Veterans Health Administration … Assessment of a wearable fall prevention system at a veterans health administration hospital. … Preventing patient falls in hospital settings is a patient safety priority . … by more than 50% among patients determined to be at high-risk of falling. … March 16, 2022 Inpatient fall prevention: use of in-room Webcams.

55. Failure to Ensure Patient Safety Leads to Patient Falls in Nursing Homes. | PSNet
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    August 14, 2024 - medications increased her risk of falling during her NH stay. … and the risk of falling. 18,19 There was no mention of fall prevention interventions provided for … Engaging activities staff in personalized falls prevention interventions to help to get her out of the … Take Home Points Multiple factors contribute to the risk of falls, and fall prevention requires a … Fear of falling is as important as multiple previous falls in terms of limiting daily activities: a longitudinal

56. Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized controlled trial. | PSNet
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    February 01, 2023 - Study Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and … Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized … patients and families in fall prevention efforts. … falls with injuries. … Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized

57. Appendix 3-A. Suggested Slides for Module 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Falls Prevention Appendix 1-A. Suggested Slides for Module 1 Appendix 1-B. … The risk factors for falls. Which residents are at high risk of falling. … P What are his risk factors for falling? … Things about the nursing center (e.g., provide education on falls prevention). … Slide 13 Pearls Awareness is a watchword in falls prevention.

58. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Electronic Reports Table … Sample Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors by Unit On-Time Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors … May-11 # falls 5 5 6 4 5 5 4 % (of monthly total falls) 45 45 55 36 … 45 45 36 Jun-11 # falls 5 7 7 2 0 6 6 % (of monthly total falls … Jun-11 # falls 1 0 0 3 0 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 % (of monthly total falls)

59. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Electronic Reports Table … Unit B # falls 9 9 6 3 12 12 5 % (of Q total falls) 24 24 16 8 … 32 32 14 Unit C # falls 5 7 7 2 0 6 6 % (of Q total falls) 19 … 26 26 7 0 22 22 # falls 31 37 34 15 23 36 25 % (of Q total falls … falls 9 96 83 14 105 % (of Q total falls) 9 91

60. Pilot Testing Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety): a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit. | PSNet
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    March 27, 2019 - Patient falls represent a serious source of preventable harm, yet mitigating the fall risk of inpatients … March 27, 2019 Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of … an evidence-based fall prevention program. … falls and injuries: a nonrandomized controlled trial. … December 22, 2018 A multicomponent fall prevention strategy reduces falls at an academic