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These best practices have
been identified to showcase safe aging initiatives that will
give you a better sense of what is being developed on the
cutting edge of this field.
Our selections are classified
into four categories:
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Evaluated Programs
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Promising Programs
3. Randomized Trials of Interventions
4. Tool Kits
To read more about these categories please click here.
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Evaluated Programs
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Fear of Falling: A Matter of Balance
Health and Disability Research Institute
Boston University
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| The guiding hypothesis behind the Fear of Falling study is that a theoretically grounded 8 session group intervention focusing on elders' fear of falling will achieve substantial gains in self-confidence, sense of control and reduced fear resulting in increased activity levels and quality of life for older persons. ... Details... |
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Strong For Life
Health and Disability Research Institute
Boston University
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| Strong for Life is a strengthening exercise program designed by physical therapists for home use by older adults to improve strength, balance, and overall health. ... Details... |
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Promising Programs
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Fall Prevention Project
Department of Physical Therapy
Temple University
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| The Fall Prevention Project offers resources to each target audience group: Educator, Health Care Practitioners, Older Adults, and Health Care Students. ... Details... |
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Remembering When: A Fire & Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults
NFPA Center for High-Risk Outreach
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| The program uses interactive, nostalgia-themed activities to teach older adults to lower their risk of fire and falls — the two leading causes of unintentional injury to seniors in the home. ... Details... |
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Fall Reduction Initiative: Establishing New Directions in Safety
Pennsylvania Department of Aging,
PrimeTime Health Care
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| Fall risk screening to identify older adults who are at high risk of falling, as well as educational materials and referrals for fall prevention topics, such as home safety, medication effects, and strengthening and balance exercises. ... Details... |
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Randomized Trials of Interventions
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Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques Trials
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| The Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques (FICSIT) trials use biomedical, behavioral and environmental interventions aimed at decreasing physical frailty and injury among the elderly. ... Details... |
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Prevention of Falls in the Elderly Trial
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| The prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET) was a randomized controlled trial focused on evaluating an accident and emergency department fall prevention intervention. ... Details... |
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Tool Kits
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Falls Toolkit - Web Edition
National Center for Patient Safety
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| The Falls Toolkit provides information on - Designing a falls prevention and management program - Effective interventions for high-risk fall patients - Implementing hip protectors for high-risk fall patients - Educating patients, families and staff on falls and fall-injury prevention. ... Details... |
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Falls Toolkit
Practicing Physician Education in Geriatrics
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| The 5 professional tools and 17 educational tools included in the Falls Toolkit will help physicians evaluate a patient's risk of falling, and teach patients how to reduce such a risk. ... Details... |
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A Tool Kit to Prevent Senior Falls
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
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| Designed for fall prevention programs, A Tool Kit to Prevent Senior Falls includes fact sheets, graphs, and brochures about falls and fall prevention for older adults. ... Details... |
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