UÄŸur Cavlak
Pamukkale University, Turkey
Title: Risk factors related falling and management in older adults
Biography
Biography: UÄŸur Cavlak
Abstract
The world is aging very fast. Aging is not a disease or disability, even though significant numbers of the elderly suffer from disabilities. There are multiple chronic diseases that may be associated with aging. Older people frequently fall. This is a serious public health problem, with a substantial impact on health and healthcare costs. A fall can be defined as a sudden, unintentional change in position causing an individual to land at a lower level, on an object, the floor, or the ground, other than as a consequence of sudden onset of paralysis, epileptic seizure, or overwhelming external force. Risk factors of falling include the following (in general):
Intrinsic factors: • Effects of aging on gait, balance, and strength
• Acute medical conditions & chronic diseases
• Inactivity
• Behavioral symptoms and unsafe behaviors
• Medication side effects
Extrinsic fall risk factors: • Environmental hazards
• Unsafe equipment
• Unsafe personal care items
Examples of specific extrinsic risk factors: • Poor lighting
• Cluttered living space & Uneven floors, wet areas
• Unstable furniture
• Improper footwear
• Hard-to-manage clothing
The speech objectives are instructed to knowledge risk factor related falling and its management in care of older people. This speech offers topics in geriatric rehabilitation, especially the principles of falls management. At the conclusion of the speech, the audiences would understand issues related to the common problems seeing in geriatric population, especially gait and balance problems and falls, and a point of view of a physiotherapist and apply this knowledge to an interdisciplinary approach to older people care.