Environmental Interventions to Prevent Falls at Home and in the Community

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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

Lindy Clemson and

Alison Pighills

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Stephen R. Lord ,

Catherine Sherrington and

Vasi Naganathan

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Stephen R. Lord: Affiliation:
Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney
Catherine Sherrington: Affiliation:
Sydney Medical School
Vasi Naganathan: Affiliation:
Concord Hospital

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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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Information: Falls in Older People
Risk Factors, Strategies for Prevention and Implications for Practice
, pp. 360 - 377

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108594455.024 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2021

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