Title:
RNIB Care Homes Falls Prevention Project: A review of the Literature
Author:
Pam Turpin (ARUP)
Publisher:
RNIB
Year of publication:
2011
Background:
With an increasing ageing demographic, a significant public health challenge is the incidence of falls. The frequency of falling increases with age and can have serious consequences for older people. Further, changes in visual components such as visual field, acuity contrast sensitivity and depth perception has been identified as a key risk factor in falling (Dhital et al: 2010).
As part of a review of its own policies, RNIB commissioned ARUP to conduct desk research on falls management in care homes for the elderly, looking particularly at the specific needs of older people who are blind or partially sighted.
Key findings:
This extensive literature review has evidenced a large amount of research which has been carried out that focuses specifically on reducing falls and has shown the complexity of the cause of and the resulting management of, the prevention of falls. The review identified a number of topics, all of which play a contributory role either as a single item or as part of a multi factorial approach to the prevention of falls.
Downloads: