Fall Prevention in Late Life
| dc.contributor.author | Center for Gerontology | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-19T14:02:34Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-19T14:02:34Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Falling is a major public health concern for older adults. One in 3 adults aged 65+ and 1 in 2 adults aged 80+ fall each year, often suffering major changes to health and quality of life. Unintentional falls and traumatic brain injuries result in significant morbidity and mortality; falls, in fact, are the leading cause of hospital admission and injury-related death in older adults. Reduction of fall risk is associated with improved physical and emotional well-being for aging adults, and risk minimization has the potential to enhance overall, long-term quality of life. Residents of long-term care facilities are at greater risk of falling than community-dwelling older adults, but both populations face significant fall risk. The specific fall prevention measures highlighted below are essential to reduce fall-related injury and mortality, as well as the high medical costs associated with falls in late life. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | NSF-Smart Health and Wellbeing Program | en |
| dc.format.extent | 2 pages | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.sourceurl | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1591BwW9FpMl42VSfpE5tPOEUG4antCPI/view | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/93773 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech. Center for Gerontology | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.title | Fall Prevention in Late Life | en |
| dc.type | Fact sheet | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | StillImage | en |
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