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Preventing Falls Among
Seniors
CDC Publications
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A
Tool Kit To Prevent Senior Falls
is a collection of fact sheets, graphs and brochures about falls and fall
prevention for older adults.
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Major
Causes of Unintentional Injuries Among Older Persons: An Annotated Bibliography.
National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control. . Atlanta, GA:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, 1996.
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U.S.
Fall Prevention Programs for Seniors
Selected Programs Using Home Assessment and Modification
Among
older adults, falls are a serious public health problem. In the United
States, one of every three persons over age 65 falls each year and
two-thirds of those who fall do so again within six months. Among people
age 65 and older, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths and serious
injuries. About 9,600 older adults died in 1998 from fall-related
injuries. Among seniors with osteoporosis, falls can cause devastating
injuries such as hip fractures; 75%–80% of hip fractures are sustained
by women. Half of all older adults hospitalized for hip fracture cannot
return home or live independently after their injuries.
Articles
by NCIPC Authors
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deVito
CA, Lambert DA, Sattin RW, et al. Fall injuries among the elderly:
community-based surveillance. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
1988;36:1029-35.
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Herndon
JG, Helmick CG, Sattin RW, Stevens JA, deVito C, Wingo PA. Chronic medical
conditions and risk of fall injury events at home in the elderly. Journal
of the American Geriatrics Society 1997;45:739-743.
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Langlois
JA, Smith GS, Nelson DE, Sattin RW, Stevens JA, deVito CA. Dependence in
activities of daily living as a risk factor for fall injury events among
elderly people in the community. Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society 1995;43(3):275-8.
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Nelson
DE, Sattin RW, Langlois JA, deVito CA, Stevens JA. Alcohol as a risk
factor for fall injury events among elderly persons living in the
community. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1992;40(7):658-661.
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Rodriguez
JG, Baughman AL, Sattin RW, deVito, CA, Ragland DL, Bacchelli S, Stevens
JA. A standardized instrument to assess hazards for falls in the home of
older persons. Accident Analysis and Prevention 1995; 27(5):625-631.
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Sattin
RW. Falls among older persons: a public health perspective. Annual Review
of Public Health 1992;13:489-508.
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Sattin
RW, Lambert DA, deVito CA, Rodriguez JG, Ros A, Bacchelli S, Stevens JA,
Waxweiler, RJ. The incidence of fall injury events among the elderly in a
defined population. American Journal of Epidemiology 1990;131:1028-37.
- Stevens
JA, Powell KE, Smith SM, Wingo PA, Sattin RW. Physical activity,
functional limitations, and the risk of fall-related fractures in
community-dwelling elderly. Annals of Epidemiology 1997;7:54-61.
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