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Engaging With First Responders To Prevent Falls In Older Adults, Ted Peterson, Ruth Ramsey, Monica Fernandez, Anita Hin, Chelsea Prado, Patricia Reyes Jan 2013

Engaging With First Responders To Prevent Falls In Older Adults, Ted Peterson, Ruth Ramsey, Monica Fernandez, Anita Hin, Chelsea Prado, Patricia Reyes

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In order to further explore the circumstances of falls in the City of Novato’s older adults age 60 and over Novato Fire Protection District (NFPD) partnered with Dominican University Occupational Therapy Department to conduct a study with the support of County of Marin Mental Health Services Act funds. The following were the goals of this study:

  1. Identify fall risk factors in community-dwelling older adults.
  2. Understand the experiences of older adults who have fallen.
  3. Determine whether there is a relationship between falls and depression in older adults.
  4. Examine first responder experiences with fall-related calls in older adults.
  5. Identify approaches to prevent …

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