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People are getting lost a little bit
— systemic factors that contribute to falls in community-dwelling octogenarians | | Author(s) | Dorothy Gotzmeister, Aleksandra A Zecevic, Lisa Klilnger, Alan Salmoni |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 34, no 3, September 2015 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, September 2015 |
| Pages | pp 397-410 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Falls ; Octogenarians ; Living in the community ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Octogenarians living in the community are the fastest-growing demographic group in Canada. Simultaneously, they have the highest prevalence of falls, and are at nine times greater risk of injury due to a fall. A systems approach is essential to our understanding on how to improve the safety of octogenarians' ageing in place. Understanding how societal factors interact and affect the older adult can help care custodians to identify and remove safety defiects that bring about falls. This study aimed to identify system-wide factors that contribute to falls in community-dwelling octogenarians. Eight falls were investigated using the systemic falls investigative method. Participants ranged in age from 83-90 years. Across-case analyses identified 247 contributing factors, grouped within four distinct themes: (a) everyday living has become risky; (b) supervision limitations; (c) health care system disconnects; and (d) poor fall risk identification and follow-up. This qualitative study provides systemic insights into how and why falls occur in community-dwelling octogenarians. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150918223 A |
| Classmark | OLF: BBM: K4: 3DP: 7S |
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