Authors
Manuel Montero-Odasso, Nathalie Van Der Velde, Finbarr C Martin, Mirko Petrovic, Maw Pin Tan, Jesper Ryg, Sara Aguilar-Navarro, Neil B Alexander, Clemens Becker, Hubert Blain, Robbie Bourke, Ian D Cameron, Richard Camicioli, Lindy Clemson, Jacqueline Close, Kim Delbaere, Leilei Duan, Gustavo Duque, Suzanne M Dyer, Ellen Freiberger, David A Ganz, Fernando Gómez, Jeffrey M Hausdorff, David B Hogan, Susan MW Hunter, Jose R Jauregui, Nellie Kamkar, Rose-Anne Kenny, Sarah E Lamb, Nancy K Latham, Lewis A Lipsitz, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Pip Logan, Stephen R Lord, Louise Mallet, David Marsh, Koen Milisen, Rogelio Moctezuma-Gallegos, Meg E Morris, Alice Nieuwboer, Monica R Perracini, Frederico Pieruccini-Faria, Alison Pighills, Catherine Said, Ervin Sejdic, Catherine Sherrington, Dawn A Skelton, Sabestina Dsouza, Mark Speechley, Susan Stark, Chris Todd, Bruce R Troen, Tischa Van Der Cammen, Joe Verghese, Ellen Vlaeyen, Jennifer A Watt, Tahir Masud
Publication date
2022/9
Source
Age and ageing
Volume
51
Issue
9
Pages
afac205
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background
falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health related costs. Current guidelines are inconsistent, with no up-to-date, globally applicable ones present.
Objectives
to create a set of evidence- and expert consensus-based falls prevention and management recommendations applicable to older adults for use by healthcare and other professionals that consider: (i) a person-centred approach that includes the perspectives of older adults with lived experience, caregivers and other stakeholders; (ii) gaps in previous guidelines; (iii) recent developments in e-health and (iv) implementation across locations with limited access to resources such as low- and middle-income countries.
Methods
a steering committee …
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