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Environments serving elderly people, such as nursing homes or clubs for the elderly, should also be structured in such a way that the possibility of falling would be prevented. It has been found for instance that the unfamiliar hospital environment or introduction to the unfamiliar setting of a nursing home can encourage falls.

Three individual changes

1. Risk-assessment and management programs designed to screen those who are most at risk and to design interventions that will reduce their risk of falling

2. Exercise programs slanted to enhance flexibility, endurance, and strength; education programs (including one-to -one counseling on methods to prevent falls)

3. Nutritional or hormonal supplementation (Fabre et al., 2010).

Health risk assessment plan. Why it should be included in health promotion and wellness.

I would use a diagnostic screening tool that would identify people who may have a certain condition therefore be more prone to falling. Although none are perfect, I would use the STRATFY tool that is the quickest to complete, the most readily completed, and the least prone to error.However, I will, likewise, keep I mind the fact that it tends to over-predict and that, although the most valid, it still errs (Oliver & Healey, 2009 ). Most importantly, per the lessons learned by Poe and Cvacb (2005), I would need a simple, guided, and time-efficient approach.

References

Fabre, J. et al.(2010) Falls Risk Factors and a Compendium of Falls Risk Screening Instruments Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 33, 184 -- 197

Gillespie, L. (2004). Preventing falls in elderly people. BMJ, 328, 653-4.

http://www.bmj.com/content/328/7441/653.extract

Oliver, D. & Healey, F (2009) Falls risk prediction tools for hospital inpatients: do they work? Nursing Times. Net.

http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice-clinical-research/falls-risk-prediction-tools-for-hospital-inpatients-do-they-work/1999146.article

Poe, SS, & Cvacb, M. (2005). An Evidence-based Approach to Fall Risk Assessment Prevention, and Management Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 20, 107-116

Shen, M.X., & Qin, X.Y. (2010) nurses' roles in preventing falls in elderly care setting. Thesis. Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences, 1-50).

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