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Fall Prevention : Home Repair and Modifications

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Resource Title: A Tool Kit To Prevent Senior Falls More Details
Resource Type:
Tool Kit
Publisher/Sponsor:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
Summary:
Designed for fall prevention programs, the tool kit includes fact sheets, graphs, and brochures about falls and fall prevention for older adults.
Resource Title: Adapting Homes To Successfully Age in Place More Details
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Summary:
Older adults often live in older homes in need of significant repair and/or modification. Many homes lack the functional design needed to accommodate for the losses frequently experienced by older adults. Since most older persons wish to remain in their own home it is important to know how to adapt the home environment to successfully age in place.
Resource Title: Age Page - Preventing Falls and Fractures More Details
Resource Type:
Brochure or Pamphlet
Publisher/Sponsor:
National Institute on Aging Information Center
Summary:
Brochure describes how many falls can be prevented by checking your vision, hearing, health, medications, and safety behavior.
Resource Title: Assessing the Environment and Making Changes to Ensure Safety More Details
Resource Type:
Fact Sheet
Publisher/Sponsor:
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services , the Dallas County Area Agency on Aging, the Area Agency on Aging of North Central Texas, and the Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County
Summary:
A fact sheet that lists areas around the home and modifications that can help prevent falls and injuries.
Resource Title: Check For Safety: A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older Adults More Details
Resource Type:
Brochure or Pamphlet, Checklist or Worksheet
Publisher/Sponsor:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Summary:
Lists things to check for and fix in the home to reduce the risk of falls.
Resource Title: Don't Let a Fall Be Your Last Trip More Details
Resource Type:
Brochure or Pamphlet
Publisher/Sponsor:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Summary:
Brochure gives clear facts about falls and offers tips on fall prevention. A checklist for safety precautions in the home is included.
Resource Title: Easy Things to Make... To Make Things Easy More Details
Resource Type:
Book or Manual
Publisher/Sponsor:
Brookline Books, Inc.
Summary:
Book offers ways to make home modifications to improve or maintain the independence of older adults or other people with physical limitations.
Resource Title: Elderdesign : Designing and Furnishing a Home for Your Later Years More Details
Resource Type:
Book or Manual
Publisher/Sponsor:
Penguin USA (Paper)
Summary:
Book provides a thorough guide to the products, design concepts, and technologies that will help make home safe and accessible for older adults.
Resource Title: Evidence-Based Falls Prevention: A Study Guide for Nurses More Details
Resource Type:
Book or Manual, Education
Publisher/Sponsor:
HCPro's Healthcare Marketplace
Summary:
Evidence-Based Falls Prevention is a user-friendly resource which provides falls risk factor assessment and prevention program information, ideas, and tools. It also offers two nursing contact hours and includes an exam and evaluation.
Resource Title: Fall Prevention More Details
Resource Type:
Fact Sheet
Publisher/Sponsor:
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services , the Dallas County Area Agency on Aging, the Area Agency on Aging of North Central Texas, and the Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County
Summary:
A fact sheet that discusses the impact of falls among older adults and offers information on assessing individuals and environments for fall risk.
Resource Title: Fall Prevention 101: Personal Stories and Expert Advice More Details
Resource Type:
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Summary:
This informative documentary offers a concise collection of unnerving personal accounts of falls and expert advise from Harvard and Yale medical school professors on fall prevention. This program provides caregivers, and persons at risk of falling, with an introduction to the evaluation and modification of the home environment.
Resource Title: Fall Prevention and Home Safety: The Role of the Home Health Professional More Details
Resource Type:
Education
Publisher/Sponsor:
CeonCD
Summary:
The objectives of this program are to enhance the education of the home health professional with respect to fall prevention and home safety for the elderly.
Resource Title: Fall Prevention In Home Healthcare VHS More Details
Resource Type:
Videotape
Publisher/Sponsor:
Coastal Training Technologies Corp.
Summary:
This video provides a variety of screening tools and protective strategies to prevent falls in the home.
Resource Title: Fall Prevention in the Home: Changes for Healthy Living More Details
Resource Type:
Education
Publisher/Sponsor:
Texas Cooperative Extention, The Texas A&M University System
Summary:
Educational curriculum for educating and informing older adults about falls.
Resource Title: Fall Prevention Project More Details
Resource Type:
Program or Organization
Publisher/Sponsor:
Temple University
Summary:
The objective of the Fall Prevention Project is to inform and educate people about the causes of falls in older adults, and the assessment, rehabilitative, and health promotion measures which can be taken to reduce the risk of falls in this age group.
Resource Title: Fall prevention: 6 ways to reduce your falling risk More Details
Resource Type:
Education,
Publisher/Sponsor:
Mayo Clinic
Summary:
You needn't let the fear of falling rule your life. Many falls and fall-related injuries are preventable with fall-prevention measures. Here's a look at six fall-prevention approaches that can help you avoid falls.
Resource Title: Falls More Details
Resource Type:
Checklist or Worksheet, Data and Statistics, Program or Organization, Website
Publisher/Sponsor:
Loyola University Health System
Summary:
This website provides a variety of information about falls and fall prevention.
Resource Title: Falls And Fall Prevention More Details
Resource Type:
Booklet
Publisher/Sponsor:
Summary:
MetLife offers Since You Care- a series of guides which provide practical suggestions and useful tools on a variety of specific care-related subjects.
Resource Title: Falls Aren't Funny- West Virginia More Details
Resource Type:
Fact Sheet, Report
Publisher/Sponsor:
West Virginia University Extension Service
Summary:
This report developed by the West Virginia University Extension Service provides information on the risk factors contributing to falls such as physical activity and neurological disorders and provides a guide to home fall prevention.
Resource Title: Falls in Older People: Prevention and Management More Details
Resource Type:
Book or Manual
Publisher/Sponsor:
Health Professions Press
Summary:
This quick reference is jam-packed with practical strategies, clinical assessments, and management tools. Contents include consequences of falls, causes of falling and fall risk, clinical assessment and evaluation, preventive strategies to reduce fall risk, environmental modifications, and recommendations for restraint reduction and elimination.
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