Rafael Nogueira Rodrigues, A. Caldo, Fernanda M Silva, Cidalina Abreu, G. Furtado, A. Teixeira
{"title":"Health and Fall Risk Monitoring Within Common Assessments","authors":"Rafael Nogueira Rodrigues, A. Caldo, Fernanda M Silva, Cidalina Abreu, G. Furtado, A. Teixeira","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch010","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter presents an exploratory review on the evaluation, assessment, and monitoring in health and fall risk by common and the most used assessment tools. The main discussion of this chapter of evaluation in health and fall risk is divided into six categories—global health assessment, specific physical (and fitness) assessment, cognitive and psychological assessment, pharmacological assessment, fall risk specific assessment, and some complementary assessment—which show information and how to access. Whereas health evaluative experiences and practices are essential to drive a better and specific intervention, revealing its importance and necessity was also highlighted.","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116111459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fall Prevention Activities and Resources in Norway","authors":"A. Babic","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch012","url":null,"abstract":"The relevant literature review was conducted to determine current knowledge and practices related to adult fall prevention in Norway. It included scientific publications on studies and tools. The review was extended to include the clinical studies and resources offered by the healthcare sector that was made publicly available on their websites. Results are presented in tables structured to show study objectives, approach, and results. The information offered to patients is presented per region and hospital. During the period of the last 20 years, there were numerous studies and useful information offered to the public. There is also one fall prevention program assessed in a dedicated study.","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124311564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information and Process in Health","authors":"P. Eklund","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch015","url":null,"abstract":"Cooperation and partnership in healthy ageing enhances and enriches the underlying information and process models within integrated care. On information, functioning oriented data as part of health and social data describes medical conditions and functioning capacity of the older person. Similarly, the notion of a good practice, as embracing a conglomerate of guidelines, is also well understood but less so in terms of process substance. Process structure granularity is often quite coarse and less formal, comparable to process descriptions annotated with clinical guidelines. This chapter describes an algebraic framework for representation of functioning data typically found in contexts of integrated care processes in healthy ageing.","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121962683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated Care in Prevention","authors":"P. Eklund","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch014","url":null,"abstract":"Given health and health economy assessments, a common assessment framework for active and healthy ageing (CAFAHA) is ideally desirable, even if not yet fully feasible, given the activities developed within European Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) since 2012, now moving into its subsequent framework on healthy ageing. However, as there is diversity with respect to maturity in regions, in order to fully develop prevention practices and campaigns, assets as part of maturity need to be defined more clearly.","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128058198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis Pedro Vieira Ribeiro, P. João, A. Abrantes, A. Ribeiro, B. Vicente, R. Almeida, Tânia Gonçalves, Maria Augusta Ferreira, Maria Conceição Farinha, K. B. Azevedo
{"title":"Bone Density and Fall Risk Screening in Algarve","authors":"Luis Pedro Vieira Ribeiro, P. João, A. Abrantes, A. Ribeiro, B. Vicente, R. Almeida, Tânia Gonçalves, Maria Augusta Ferreira, Maria Conceição Farinha, K. B. Azevedo","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch004","url":null,"abstract":"Osteoporosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality around the world and is a silent disease characterized by low bone strength that results in an increased risk of fracture. The benefits of being physically active in advanced ages to reduce the loss of bone mineral density (BMD) and improve functional capacities are well known. Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) is a peripheral bone densitometry technique that is rapidly gaining in popularity for the assessment of skeletal status, along with fall risk assessment. This chapter consists of a brief review of the literature on osteoporosis and describes ongoing activities on bone density and fall risk prevention in Algarve, Portugal as part of EIP AHA´s action group on fall prevention with the presentation of a preliminary study. This study aimed to demonstrate that the postmenopausal female seniors who adhere to the recommendations for the regular program of physical activity after osteoporosis screening one year later show a slower decrease in BMD.","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128297010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marja Äijö, Satu Havulinna, S. Karinkanta, Tarja Tervo-Heikkinen, E. Lönnroos
{"title":"Fall Prevention in Education and Training of Healthcare Students, Professionals, and Non-Professionals","authors":"Marja Äijö, Satu Havulinna, S. Karinkanta, Tarja Tervo-Heikkinen, E. Lönnroos","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch008","url":null,"abstract":"Falls are a significant and increasing threat to wellbeing and health of older adults in Finland. Education is a key factor to prevent falls. National recommendations have been published to guide the health care professionals' work in falls prevention. In addition, interprofessional collaboration between different organizations have been done to prevent falls. This collaboration has produced evidence-based falls risk assessment tools, falls prevention programs, and materials advising older adults to prevent falls. Healthcare and educational organizations use these methods and materials to educate professionals and students in the risk assessment and prevention of falls among older adults. Finland is a good example how healthcare professionals from different settings and universities have worked together to increase the knowledge about falls and skills to prevent falls. Good collaboration can prevent falls nationally.","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133947716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Ribeiro, Luís Ribeiro, C. A. Silva, Luís Pedro Magalhães-Ribeiro
{"title":"Patient Safety","authors":"A. Ribeiro, Luís Ribeiro, C. A. Silva, Luís Pedro Magalhães-Ribeiro","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch011","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this chapter is to give a perspective of patient safety culture by users of public health units through a qualitative analysis of open questions asked. The sample consists of 241 patients from the health region of Algarve. The open questions were the object of content analysis in thematic and categorical form, followed by lexical treatment using the Iramuteq software. From the patients' point of view, the evolution of patient safety is the result of an understanding of the meaning of the highlighted terms (safety, health, meaning), as well as of the intervention and improvement in these categories. It is known with these associations that for the patient, patient safety involves the existence of professionals for each individual (personal) and the existence of a receptive and empathic nature on the part of the professionals (human), as well as the need to demystify care for the understanding of patients (technician/knowledge) and the provision of care completely focused on the patient (attention).","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115301244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Piersson, Wiam Elshami, A. Adjei, K. Dzefi-Tettey, P. Gorleku
{"title":"The Role of Neuroimaging in Fall Prevention in Healthy Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's Disease","authors":"A. Piersson, Wiam Elshami, A. Adjei, K. Dzefi-Tettey, P. Gorleku","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch006","url":null,"abstract":"Falls are an important clinical, socioeconomic, and public health problem in the older adult population. Advancing age is a major risk factor for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The preclinical phase of AD, which is regarded as an important window for early therapeutic intervention before the onset of MCI and subsequently AD, can serve as a critical period to reduce or prevent falls among elderly people at risk of AD. In this chapter, first, a discussion is provided on the degrees of fall-related injuries, pain, and severity of falls in elderly people at risk of AD. Secondly, a discussion is provided on the clinical, socioeconomic, and public health implications of falls. Studies that integrated neuroimaging techniques were also reviewed to identify brain biomarkers that can be targeted for the prevention of falls among the elderly. It is anticipated that the outcome of this chapter may have a critical role in the prevention of falls among elderly people at risk or suffering from AD.","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131385281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating Social and Health Services for People, Communities, Homes, and Places","authors":"M. Illario, V. D. Luca, R. Roller-Wirnsberger","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch002","url":null,"abstract":"The challenge of an ageing population requires a paradigmatic shift in the way we provide social and healthcare services, demanding the need to prioritize the functionality and independence of older adults. The risk and subsequent fear of falling is one of the most high-risk states for older adults, as it generates a destabilizing effect on their health that is often hard to recover. It is essential to thoroughly address their risk factors and mitigators. This discussion needs to be made in light of a person-centered perspective that goes beyond fragilities to capitalize on the strengths of the older adults. The chapter provides examples of how to connect assessment, interventions, and monitoring to a coherent framework approach that mitigates the risks and the impact of falls on an ageing society. The authors explore how technological innovation, urban planning, and regional policies that are culturally relevant can be incorporated in creating a circular economy while meeting the needs of an aging population and preventing falls and cognitive decline.","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126643918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fall Prevention Education","authors":"Marja Äijö, Cidalina Abreu, N. Goswami","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch009","url":null,"abstract":"Current demographic development requires appropriate care (informal/formal) for falls prevention in the growing older population across different settings as well as in the community. The development of new knowledge and research must be echoed in education and training of healthcare staff and also in the society. There is an urgent need to develop an interdisciplinary and interprofessional Master of Gerontology (“Master of Active and Healthy Aging”), which brings together research and practice. The innovative character of the program should be highlighted by the holistic perspective, incorporating courses in medical, nursing, rehabilitation, social, behavioral, psychological, economic, physiological, and management service aspects related to aging. A strong focus should be on active aging as well as the empowerment of self-care and (care) independency leading to falls prevention. In fall prevention work, new educational structures to teach and develop the workways across the Europe is needed.","PeriodicalId":236126,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114801312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}