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...
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