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Strange ways
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.5.02, 2002, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Presents a case study of an eccentric older man and looks at how his social worker and community psychiatric nurse supported and protected him.
Eating well - tips for older people at home
- Author:
- GENTLE Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 6(1), March 2002, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Many older people who come into hospital form their own homes are malnourished. The author suggests ways for older people to eat well, especially in colder weather.
A prospective study of the relationship between feared consequences of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older people
- Authors:
- YARDLEY Lucy, SMITH Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 42(1), February 2002, pp.17-23.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article aims to identify the most common beliefs concerning the negative consequences of falling and determine whether these motivate avoidance of activity. A questionnaire assessing feared consequences of falling was completed by 224 community-living people aged older than 75. Beliefs about the consequences of falling were related to demographic characteristics, falling history, and avoidance of activity. The questionnaires were completed again by 166 participants 6 months later. Commonly feared consequences of falling were loss of functional independence and damage to identity. These fears were correlated with avoidance of activity (after adjusting for age, sex, and recent falling history) and predicted avoidance in activity 6 months later (after adjusting for baseline levels of avoidance). Concerns about damage to social identity, as well as functional incapacity, are common and may motivate avoidance of activity.
Results of intervention research: implications for practice
- Author:
- ROSE Debra J.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 26(4), Winter 2002, pp.60-65.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
This American article looks at three intervention strategies which have been proven to be the most effective in reducing fall incidence rates and fall-related injuries among the older adult population. Presents an overview of the strategies: exercised-based interventions; environmental modifications; and mulitfactoral risk-factor assessment and abatement strategies, and highlights relevant research.
Risk factors for falls: a central role in prevention
- Authors:
- RUBENSTIEN Laurence Z., JOSEPHSON Karen R.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 26(4), Winter 2002, pp.15-21.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
This American article reviews the risk factors for falls, highlighting the findings of relevant research. Goes on to discusses how identification of these risk factors is the core of a multidimensional fall evaluation.
Using cognitive behavioral strategies to reduce fear of falling: a matter of balance
- Author:
- PETERSON Elizabeth Walker
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 26(4), Winter 2002, pp.53-59.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
Reports on an American five year ranondomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a group based programme designed to reduce the fear of falling and increase activity among older adults. The article reviews the principles of cognitive-behavioural theory and describes how those principles are put into practice through the programme.
Dangers of informality
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.9.02, 2002, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses the case of a woman with dementia injured at a care home owned by a family member.
Wrong kind of care
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.8.02, 2002, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on social workers handling of a case where a daughter's care of her elderly mother at home was inadequate.
Randomised factorial trial of falls prevention among older people living in their own homes
- Authors:
- DAY Leslie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 20.07.02, 2002, pp.128-131.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Three interventions, group based exercise, home hazard management and vision improvement were examined to prevent falls. The group based exercise was the most successful and the reduction in falls seems to be associated with improved balance. Falls were further reduced by the other two interventions.
Preventing falls in older people: charting practice change by audit
- Author:
- MITCHELL Eileen
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Nurse, 17(11), July 2002, pp.665-668.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Before an audit project in one trust there was no formal means of assessing the risk of falling among older patients. Looks at how, by raising staff awareness and consulting on the best evidence available, a specific falls-risk assessment has been developed and is now widely used.