Falls are an important health issue. They cause significant morbidity and mortality
particularly in older people, and also have marked psychological effects on the individual …

Objectives: Falls represent an increasingly frequent source of injury among older adults.
Identification of fall risk factors in geriatric patients may permit the effective utilization of …

Abrégé. Les aînés ayant une basse vision sont particulièrement vulnérables aux chutes.
Aucune recension complète des écrits n'a été effectuée sur les interventions visant à …

Aims and objectives. To examine the prevalence of hearing and vision impairments in 65+
year‐old patients with hip fractures. Background. Many older people believe sensory …

Background Geriatric assessments are established tools in institutional care since they
enable standardized detection of relevant age-related disorders. Geriatric assessments …

Background Non-communicable diseases like hip fractures are a significant problem in a
developing country like India. The risk factors for hip fractures vary according to local …

Background The current state of eye diseases and treatments in the elderly as well as the
relationships between dementia and systemic diseases remain unclear. Therefore, this …

Aim: Examine the effect of nursing interventions to improve vision and hearing, systematic
assessment, and referral to sensory specialists on falling. Methods: Controlled intervention …

Results: The mean age of participants was 66.01±7.76 years. Distance visual acuity was
correlated (r=–0.13, p< 0.0001) with an increased number of falls. The most prognostic fall …

A recent systematic review found that between 20% and 50% of older people in the UK have
undetected reduced vision and in most cases this is caused by refractive error or cataracts …