Additional Resources
Articles:
- King MB, Tinetti ME. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1995 Oct;43(10):1146-54. Falls in community-dwelling older persons. PMID: 7560708
- Deandrea S, Lucenteforte E, Bravi F, Foschi R, La Vecchia C, Negri E. Epidemiology. 2010 Sep;21(5):658-68. Risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PMID: 20585256
- Moncada LVV, Mire LG. Am Fam Physician. 2017 Aug 15;96(4):240-247. Preventing Falls in Older Persons. PMID: 28925664
- Scott, V. (2012). Fall Prevention Programming: Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults. Raleigh, North Carolina: Lulu Publishing
- Sterling, D.A., O’Connor, J.A., & Bonadies, J. (2001). Geriatric falls: injury severity is high and disproportionate to mechanism. Journal of Trauma, 50(1), 116-119.
- Tricco AC, Thomas SM, Veroniki AA, et al. JAMA. Comparisons of Interventions for Preventing Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. 2017 Nov 7;318(17):1687-1699.
Online resources:
- Herman, M., Gallagher, E., & Scott, V. (2006) The Evolution of seniors’ falls prevention in British Columbia. BC Ministry of Health Services – https://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2006/falls_report.pdf
- Safer Healthcare Now! Fall Prevention/Injury Reduction Getting Started Kit – http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/en/toolsResources/Documents/Interventions/Reducing%20Falls%20and%20Injury%20from%20Falls/Falls%20Getting%20Started%20Kit.pdf
- Osteoporosis Canada
- Exercise is Medicine
- Canadian Society for Exercise Physiotherapy
- Canadian Society for Exercise Physiotherapy – Guidelines
- http://csepguidelines.ca/
- https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/patient.html
- https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/aging-seniors/publications/publications-general-public/you-fall-witness-a-fall-you-know-what.html