Falls Update
January 2016
Welcome to the latest January 2016 Newsletter.
This will be produced every 2-3 months and lists the most recent literature in the field.
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High Level Evidence
Gonçalves-Bradley DC, Lannin NA, Clemson LM, Cameron ID, Shepperd S. Discharge planning from hospital. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016, Issue 1.
Available: Full Text
National Guidelines
Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset (NG16) Guidelines Published October 2015
Available: Full Text
Falls Effects
Do high doses of vitamin D increase falls risk in the elderly? 8 January 2016
Available: Full Text
Falls Prevention
Berry, Lisa. Europe unites to boost active ageing and prevent falls
Available: Full Text
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Too young to fall? People’s chances of falling much higher than they think.
Available: Full Text [1/15/2016].
Elderly live independently longer with nurse-led technology monitoring. 8 December 2015
Available: Full Text
Extra vitamin D to prevent falls ‘puts elderly at greater risk’.
Available: Full Text [1/8/2016].
HCAs providing enhanced care to dementia patients. 13 January 2016
Available: Full Text
Standard muscle loss definition 'may help cut falls risk in elderly'. 4 November 2015
Available: Full Text
Injurious Falls
Audit finds mismatch between hospital falls policies and reality.14 October 2015
Available: Full Text
Falls prevention in hospital | RCP London.
Available: Full Text [1/15/2016].
Hospitals should do more to reduce incidence of falls, says RCP report
Christian Duffin
Available: Abstract | Full-text | PDF (102 KB)
Reducing the risk of inpatient falls. 16 November 2015
Available: Full Text
Safety alert issued to NHS on patient falls from hoists. 3 November 2015
Available: Full Text
Sources
The following sources have been searched for evidence published in the previous three months. Please contact the Outreach Librarians for further information.
- Age UK
- British Geriatrics Society
- Care Quality Commission
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
- Cochrane Library
- Department of Health
- National Patient Safety Agency
- NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
- NICE Evidence Healthcare Databases: BNI, CINAHL, Health Business Elite and MEDLINE.
- NICE Guidelines
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Royal College of Physicians
Some key Nursing journals were also scanned. For a full list of sources used for the update, Please contact the Editor for further information.
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