title: Fall prevention in the community: what older people say they need.
abstract: Uptake of and adherence to fall prevention interventions is often poor and we know little about how older people's perceptions of and beliefs about fall prevention interventions affect uptake. This study aimed to explore older people's perceptions of the facilitators and barriers to participation in fall prevention interventions. We undertook a qualitative study with older people who had taken part in, declined to participate or adhere to fall prevention interventions using semi-structured interviews (n=65), and 17 focus groups (n=122) with older people (including 32 South Asian and 30 Chinese older people) in primary and community care settings in the South of England. A number of factors acted as either barriers or facilitators to uptake of interventions. Older people also made recommendations for improving access to interventions. Community nurses are ideally placed to screen older people, identify those at risk of falling and refer them to appropriate interventions as well as providing health promotion and education.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK. a.m.dickinson@herts.ac.uk
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Machen
authors.forename: Khim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maddex
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cove
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004739:England; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance