Browsing by Subject "Accidental falls"
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A feasibility study of a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a falls prevention intervention in care homes for older people
(2014)Background: Falls are common and distressing for care home residents and can incur large costs. Implementation of the Guide to Action Care Home (GtACH) tool is a promising approach to prevent falls. Objective: To examine ... -
Addressing contamination in rehabilitation research trials
(2018)Introduction: The Falls in Care Home (FinCH) study is a large (*87 care homes, 1698 resident across 10 UK sites) randomised controlled trial evaluating whether a systematic falls programmes called the Guide To Action Tool ... -
Developing the React to Falls resources to support care home staff in managing falls
(2019)Objectives: Care home residents are falling three times more often than elderly frail people living in their own homes and as such, the management of falls is an important area for care home staff to consider. This paper ... -
Improving trial recruitment in care homes: The falls in care home (FinCH) experience
(2018)Introduction: Recruitment into large care home studies has been recognised to be particularly challenging1. A ‘Falls in Care Home (CH) Multi-Centred Trial’ (FinCH) was not recruiting residents to time and target, and ... -
Keeping children safe at home: Protocol for three matched case-control studies of modifiable risk factors for falls
(2012)Background Childhood falls result in considerable morbidity, mortality and health service use. Despite this, little evidence exists on protective factors or effective falls prevention interventions in young children. ... -
Perspectives of healthcare professionals in England on falls interventions for people with dementia: a qualitative interview study
(2019)Objective To explore the experiences of healthcare professionals working in falls prevention and memory assessment services in providing assessments and interventions for falls risk reduction in people with dementia.Design ... -
A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol
(2019)BACKGROUND: People with dementia progressively lose cognitive and functional abilities. Interventions promoting exercise and activity may slow decline. We developed a novel intervention to promote activity and independence ... -
The Falls In Care Home study: A feasibility randomized controlled trial of the use of a risk assessment and decision support tool to prevent falls in care homes
(2016)Objective: To explore the feasibility of implementing and evaluating the Guide to Action Care Home fall prevention intervention.; Design: Two-centre, cluster feasibility randomized controlled trial and process evaluation.; ... -
Thinking falls - taking action: A guide to action for falls prevention
(2010)Clinical guidelines and research papers help clinicians measure and understand the risk of falling in their older clients but very few provide the assessor with recommendations as to which intervention they can use to ...
