Evidence-Based Nursing Research: Analyzing Falls in Elderly Patients

This report presents a discussion on the clinical situation related to the high incidence of falls in elderly individuals, a common and often overlooked cause of injury. The report describes a clinical scenario involving the author's grandmother, who experienced frequent falls due to poor vision and muscle weakness, particularly during nighttime trips to the washroom. The frequency of falls was reported as more than three times in the past six months. To address this, healthcare professionals recommended interventions such as exercise, medication review, and vitamin D supplementation, leading to the decision to admit her for acute/long-term care. The report concludes by emphasizing the supportive role of healthcare professionals and family members in the patient's recovery from the high incidence of falling. Desklib provides access to a variety of solved assignments and past papers for students.

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Evidence Based Nursing Research
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Introduction
The assignment brings about the discussion on the clinical situation in context to any
of the cases such as higher incidence of falls, infections, or errors in a health setting. Clinical
situation of the incidence of falls in Elderly
Higher incidence of falls
The term higher incidence of falls refers to as the most common and often overlooked
cause of the injury in the individuals, especially in the people with old age. Thus, falls are
considered to be the one of the factor behind the occurrence of fatal and non-fatal injuries to
the elderly, leading to a larger impact on the quality of life (Adhiyaman et al., 2017).
It can be described through the clinical situation where I was concerned, about my
grandmother as she was suffering from the impairments which included poor vision and
muscle weakness. This problem got worst in her later years, leading to the chronic condition
of higher incidence of falls. It was identified that in her case, the most falls occurred during
night between the time periods 9pm to 7am, as she wakes up usually to use washroom.
However, when she was asked by the doctors about the frequency of her falls, she told that
she describes falling more than 3 times in the past six months.
Then the decisions were taken using the advices of expert or health professionals or
doctors in the hospitals, to admit her for the acute care/long-term care to treat her with the
interventions such as exercise, medication review, and providing supplements of vitamin D.
Thus, health professionals and the family members were more supportive towards taking care
of her so that she could easily recover from the problem of high incidence of falling
(Ambrose, Cruz and Paul, 2015).
Conclusion
To conclude the above discussion it can be stated that the clinical case situation has
described well about the incidence of falls in the elderly people.

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References
Adhiyaman, V., Chattopadhyay, I., Irshad, F., Curran, D., & Abraham, S. (2017). Increasing
incidence of chronic subdural haematoma in the elderly. QJM: An International
Journal of Medicine, 110(6), 375-378.
Ambrose, A.F., Cruz, L. and Paul, G. (2015). Falls and fractures: a systematic approach to
screening and prevention. Maturitas, 82(1), 85-93.