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23 - Environmental Interventions to Prevent Falls at Home and in the Community

from Part II - Strategies for Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2021

By
Lindy Clemson  and
Alison Pighills
Edited by
Stephen R. Lord ,
Catherine Sherrington  and
Vasi Naganathan
Stephen R. Lord
Affiliation:
Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney
Catherine Sherrington
Affiliation:
Sydney Medical School
Vasi Naganathan
Affiliation:
Concord Hospital
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Summary

As indicated in Chapter 12, the homes of many older people have environmental hazards [1–3] and the majority of these are amenable to modification. This chapter outlines environmental assessment, adaptations, and strategies to prevent falls and reviews the literature for interventions delivered individually or as part of multi-faceted programmes. It discusses the breadth and quality of assessments available; potential enablers and challenges to hazard removal and design strategies for minimizing older people’s risk of falling at home and in public places. Fall prevention strategies involving the provision of new glasses and assistive devices are presented in Chapters 21 and 22 respectively.

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Falls in Older People
Risk Factors, Strategies for Prevention and Implications for Practice
 , pp. 360 - 377
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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