Intervening to prevent falls and fractures in nursing homes: Are we putting the cart before the horse?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 464-466

  Magaziner, Jay ^a   Miller, Ram ^a   Resnick, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; EDITORIAL; FALLING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847306916     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01088.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (23)

1. Rubenstein LZ, Josephson KR, Robbins AS. Falls in the nursing home. Ann Intern Med 1994;121:442-451.
2. Hogue C. Injury in late life. J Am Geriatr Soc 1982;30:183-190.
3. Rhymes J, Jaeger R. Falls. Prevention and management in the institutional setting. Clinics Geriatric Med 1988;4:613-622.
4. Baker SP, Harvey AH. Fall injuries in the elderly. Clin Geriatr Med 1985;1:501-512.
5. Spector W, Shaffer T, Potter DEB et al. Risk factors associated with the occurrence of fractures in U.S. nursing homes: Resident and facility characteristics and prescription medications. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007;55:327-337.
6. Capezuti E, Wagner LM, Brush BL et al. Consequences of an intervention to reduce restrictive side rail use in nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007;55:334-341.
7. Rask K, Parmelee PA, Taylor JA et al. Implementation and evaluation of a nursing home fall management program. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007;55:342-349.
8. Honkanen LA, Monaghan N, Reid MC et al. Can hip protector use in the nursing home be predicted? J Am Geriatr Soc 2007;55:350-356.
9. Kron M, Loy S, Sturm E et al. Risk indicators for falls in institutionalized elderly. Am J Epidemiol 2003;158:645-653.
10. Myers AH, Baker SP, Robinson EG et al. Falls in the institutionalized elderly. J Long Term Care Adm 1989;17:12-18.
11. Myers AH, Baker SP, Van Natta ML et al. Risk factors associated with falls and injuries among elderly institutionalized persons. Am J Epidemiol 1991;133:1179-1190.
12. van Doorn C, Gruber-Baldini AL, Zimmerman S et al. Dementia as a risk factor for falls and fall injuries among nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:1213-1218.
13. Avidan AY, Fries BE, James ML et al. Insomnia and hypnotic use, recorded in the minimum data set, as predictors of falls and hip fractures in Michigan nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:955-962.
14. Yang KP. Relationships between nurse staffing and patient outcomes. J Nurs Res 2003;11:149-158.
15. Jensen J, Lundin-Olsson L, Nyberg L et al. Fall and injury prevention in older people living in residential care facilities. A cluster randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2002;136:733-741.
16. Becker C, Kron M, Lindemann U et al. Effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention on falls in nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:306-313.
17. Rubenstein LZ, Robbins AS, Josephson KR et al. The value of assessing falls in an elderly population: A randomized clinical trial. Ann Intern Med 1990;113:308-316.
18. Kannus P, Parkkari J, Niemi S et al. Prevention of hip fracture in elderly people with use of a hip protector. N Engl J Med 2000;343:1506-1513.
19. Parker MJ, Gillespie WJ, Gillespie LD. Hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in older people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005;Jul 20: CD001255.
20. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010, 2nd Ed. With Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health [on-line]. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000. Available at www.health.gov/healthypeople Accessed November, 29, 2006.
21. Izal M, Montorio I, Marquez M et al. Caregivers' expectations and care receivers' competence: Lawton's ecological model of adaptation and aging revisted. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2005;41:129-140.
22. Fisher E, Brownson CA, O'Toole ML et al. Ecological approaches to self-management. The case of diabetes. Am J Public Health 2005;95:1523-1535.
23. Smedley B, Syme SL. Promoting Health. Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.