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FALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS

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FALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS 1 FALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS FALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS Name of the student: Name of the university: Author note: Contents Introduction: 2 Target population: 2 Complications: 4 Factors that result in fall: 5 Strategies that prevent fall: 6 Conclusions: 9 References: 10 Introduction: Falls are considered by researchers to be

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Running head: FALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTSFALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTSName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
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1FALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTSContentsIntroduction:....................................................................................................................................2Target population:............................................................................................................................2Complications:.................................................................................................................................4Factors that result in fall:.................................................................................................................5Strategies that prevent fall:..............................................................................................................6Conclusions:....................................................................................................................................9References:....................................................................................................................................10
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2FALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTSIntroduction:Falls are considered by researchers to be one of the leading causes of injury relatedadmission to the emergency departments in the different healthcare centers. It has also been seento be the primary etiology of accidents mainly in the cohort of the people who are aged 65 yearsand above (Milos et al. 2014, p 40). The mortality rate for falls is also observed to increasedramatically with the age of the people in both the sexes as well as also in different racial andethnic groups like the aboriginals and the Torres Islanders. Falls account to about 70 percent ofthe total accidental deaths of old people who are mainly 75 years of age and older (Bloch et al.2014, p303-306). One of the striking facts that holds great significance and should be noted isthat the rate of fall of geriatric patients is also very high in healthcare centers as well. Falls areusually the markers of poor health as well as declining function. One of an interesting fact statedby researchers is that one third of the geriatric patients who are community dwelling and 60% ofthe nursing home dwellers have suffered fall once during their stay in the healthcare centers. Thisoccurrence results in increased suffering of the patients associated with long stays of patients onthe healthcare centers, poor quality life and depression due to loss of mobility (Wallander etal.2017, pp.449). The assignment will mainly target the aged population who are highlyvulnerable towards falls. It will also show how the nursing professionals in the geriatricdepartments can apply different strategies so that such occurrence does not occur.Target population:With the development of the medical science and healthcare researches over the years,life expectancy has increased. The Australian Bureau of statistics had shown that life expectancy
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3FALL PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTSof Australian population has made a record. According to the data released by the board in theyear 2014, it was seen that the male life expectancy has increased from 80.1 in 2013 to 80.3years and female life expectancy has increased from 84.3 to that of 84.4 years. As the averageage of the death in Australia has increased to 82.45 years, the population of the aged people areincreasing at a fast pace. They are living longer days now than in earlier decades (Soto-varela etal. 2015, pp.8). However, although the expectancy has increased, it had exposed them to anumber of chronic disorders like obesity, osteoarthritis, cardiovascular issues and many others.These had provided poor quality lives of aged people for which they spend their days in thecommunity healthcare centers, nursing homes and residential care as well. All these chronicissues make them lose their independence, as they tend to lose mobility. They lose many of theirphysical function for which they tend to depend on caregivers for help (Padron Monendra et al.2017, pp.1559). Such vulnerable conditions often expose them to various types of incidents outof which falls are the most common. A report published by the New South Wales governmentshowed 25.6 % of older people have fallen at least once in the preceding months. Among the oldpatients who fell, 66.1 % stated that they suffered from injury and 20% of the people also had tobe admitted to the hospitals. It was also seen, that patients also had fall in the healthcare centersdue to improper risk assessments conducted by the nursing professionals (Hshiesh et al. 2015,pp.512). Moreover, it was also seen that many nurses is not have proper knowledge and skills tohandle fall prone patients successfully. All these had exposed the geriatric population to differentinstances of fall and healthcare costs had increased to a huge extent. The costs associated withthis fall account for more than 80% of the cost of treatment for fall related injuries that results increating pressure not on the financial planning of the patients and family members but alsoresults in excessive outflow of resources in hospitals (Chen, Zhu & Zhou 2014, p.437).
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