[Download Now] Proven Fall Prevention Strategies: Exercise, Meds Management, & Home Modification – Trent Brown

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30% of people over the age of 65 fall each year. In-patient settings and skilled nursing facilities have a 50% increase in this number. In 2010, fall-related injuries were projected to be $111 billion. One fall in the community is experienced by 25% of all adults.

Can therapists help clients reduce the risk of falls in the home, community, and clinical settings? What research supports the role of therapy in fall reduction? The most basic preventive strategies include: exercise strategies, medication management, and home modification.

1. Identify the major contributors to falls and the most common environments where falls occur for the adult and geriatric population.
2. Assess the role clinicians have for fall prevention in facilities, the community, and the patient’s home.
3. Discuss programs, exercises, assessments, and educational resources used in treatment to reduce falls.

Do you know the Demographics of Falls?

• Cost of falls
• Cause of falls (medication, aging, diagnosis, weakness, gait, etc.)
• Environment

Reducing falls is a clinical role.

• Education (medication management, sleep, AE use, etc.)
• Fall reduction in the home
• Otago Exercise Program

It’s the best practice.

• Fall risk assessment and evaluation (functional reach, chair-stand, etc.)
• Additional fall reduction exercises and activities (static/isometric, dynamic, etc.)
• Exercise dose -documentation

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