Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA)
Clinical guidelines and research papers help clinicians measure and understand the risk of falling in their older clients but very few provide the assessor with recommendations as to which interventions they can use to reduce the risk of a fall. The Guide to Action for Falls Prevention tool (GtA)...
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| author | Robertson, Kate Logan, Phillipa A. Conroy, Simon P. Dodds, Verity Gordon, Adam L. Challands, Linda Smith, Sue Humpage, Sally Burn, Ann |
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| description | Clinical guidelines and research papers help clinicians measure and understand the risk of falling in their older clients but very few provide the assessor with recommendations as to which interventions they can use to reduce the risk of a fall.
The Guide to Action for Falls Prevention tool (GtA) was developed to help professionals from a broad range of organisations to recognise factors that might increase falls risk and know which actions to take to lessen that risk.
Twenty four professionals tested the GtA in a clinical setting and found it quick (15 mins) and easy to complete. The GtA needs further evaluation to test whether it is a practical way of delivering a falls prevention intervention. |
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| spelling | nottingham-14142020-05-04T20:24:57Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1414/ Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA) Robertson, Kate Logan, Phillipa A. Conroy, Simon P. Dodds, Verity Gordon, Adam L. Challands, Linda Smith, Sue Humpage, Sally Burn, Ann Clinical guidelines and research papers help clinicians measure and understand the risk of falling in their older clients but very few provide the assessor with recommendations as to which interventions they can use to reduce the risk of a fall. The Guide to Action for Falls Prevention tool (GtA) was developed to help professionals from a broad range of organisations to recognise factors that might increase falls risk and know which actions to take to lessen that risk. Twenty four professionals tested the GtA in a clinical setting and found it quick (15 mins) and easy to complete. The GtA needs further evaluation to test whether it is a practical way of delivering a falls prevention intervention. Mark Allen Healthcare 2010-08 Article PeerReviewed Robertson, Kate, Logan, Phillipa A., Conroy, Simon P., Dodds, Verity, Gordon, Adam L., Challands, Linda, Smith, Sue, Humpage, Sally and Burn, Ann (2010) Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA). British Journal of Community Nursing, 15 (8). pp. 406-410. ISSN 1462-4753 Falls older people risk factors checklist implementation http://www.internurse.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/article.cgi?uid=76117;article=BJCN_15_8_406_410 |
| spellingShingle | Falls older people risk factors checklist implementation Robertson, Kate Logan, Phillipa A. Conroy, Simon P. Dodds, Verity Gordon, Adam L. Challands, Linda Smith, Sue Humpage, Sally Burn, Ann Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA) |
| title | Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA) |
| title_full | Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA) |
| title_fullStr | Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA) |
| title_short | Thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (GtA) |
| title_sort | thinking falls - taking action: development of a guide to action for falls prevention tool (gta) |
| topic | Falls older people risk factors checklist implementation |
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