The challenge of fall prevention in home care: a review of the literature.
Two thirds of accidents of people older than 65 years are due to falls, and a large proportion of death due to injury in the elderly can be traced to falls. Caring for people in their home environment allows home care nurses to have a pivotal role in the assessment of risk factors for falls and in the implementation of interventions that address primary, secondary, and tertiary activities that can prevent falls from occurring. This article provides an extensive review of the literature regarding falls and outlines successful clinical nursing interventions that can be used to prevent falls.
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D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors