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Final Recommendation Statement: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions

Jun 4, 2024/CPG

This updated guideline provides falls prevention recommendations for community-dwelling adults 65 years or older.

A Closer Look at Falls and Falls Prevention

Sep 1, 2022/Feature

All older adults should be screened for risk of falling. With National Falls Prevention Awareness week happening in September, here's a recap of reasons why and resources to help PTs meet that standard.

Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury From Falls, Fourth Edition

Sep 1, 2017/CPG

This guideline provides recommendations related to adults and the prevention of falls.

Falls Prevention: Recent Studies Make the Case for PT, PTA Involvement

Sep 22, 2020/News

The magnitude of falls as a public health issue is significant — but more attention to falls prevention could make a difference.

Falls in Older People: Assessing Risk and Prevention [NICE CG161]

Jun 12, 2013/CPG

This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on preventing alls in people 65 or older as well as recommendations about preventing falls in inpatients aged 50-64 who are at high risk of falls. An update is in progress.

APTA-Backed Legislation Improves Veterans' Access to Falls Prevention Services

Jul 22, 2024/News

The bipartisan bill would establish an Office of Falls Prevention within the Veterans Health Administration.

JAMA Viewpoint: The 'False Dichotomy' of Hospital Falls Prevention vs Mobility Promotion

Jun 14, 2017/Review

Programs that promote mobility with supervision "may actually help to prevent injurious falls."

Time to Brush Up on Falls Prevention Knowledge and Skills

Sep 16, 2024/News

For Falls Prevention Awareness Week — and October's National Physical Therapy Month — here's a roundup of resources.

Balance and Falls

Physical therapy can make a difference—not just in recovery, but in falls prevention.

Falls Awareness Week: An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure

Sep 22, 2019/Article

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency departments treat 3 million older adults for falls each year. More than 800,000 patients are hospitalized after a fall, approximately 20% of falls result in serious injuries, and falls are the second leading cause of accidental or

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NCPD. Evaluation of a Fall Prevention and Control Innovation.

May 9, 2025/Academic Journal

Aifesebhor Akhiwu, Eric, Brennan-Cook, Jill, Wright Jr., Cary Daniel, Cary, Michael P.

Effects of a fall prevention exercise regimen on physical and psychosocial outcomes in elderly community dwellers: a randomized comparative study.

Jan 31, 2025/Academic Journal

Sim, Ji-Yeon, Koo, Jung-Wan, Jeong, Yeon-Gyu

Implementing falls prevention patient education in hospitals - older people's views on barriers and enablers.

Sep 10, 2024/Academic Journal

Hill, Anne-Marie, Francis-Coad, J., Vaz, S., Morris, M. E., Flicker, L., Weselman, T., Hang, J. A.

Repeated-Slip Training: An Emerging Paradigm for Prevention of Slip-Related Falls Among Older Adults

Oct 31, 2007/Perspectives

Falls frequently cause injury-related hospitalization or death among older adults.

Falls in the Medicare Population: Incidence, Associated Factors, and Impact on Health Care

Mar 31, 2009/Research Reports

Background and Purpose

Falls are a major health problem in the

What Works to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults? Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials

Jul 31, 2015/Research Reports

Background

Preventing falls is an international priority. There

Balance Impairment as a Risk Factor for Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Who Are High Functioning: A Prospective Study

Feb 28, 2010/Research Reports

Background

Screening should have simple and easy-to-administer

Relationship of Balance and Mobility to Fall Incidence in People With Chronic Stroke

Jan 31, 2005/Research Reports

Abstract

Background and Purpose. People with stroke

Fracture Risk and Prevention: A Multidimensional Approach

Dec 31, 2011/Perspectives

Although physical therapists commonly manage neuromusculoskeletal disorders and

Predicting the Probability for Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Jul 31, 1997/Research Reports

Background and Purpose. The objective of this retrospective case-control

Clinical Decision Making in Exercise Prescription for Fall Prevention

Apr 30, 2012/Research Reports

Background

Physical therapists often prescribe exercises for