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Stepping On: Building Confidence and Reducing Falls 2nd Ed
Lindy ClemsonMegan Swann
其他書名
A Community-Based Program for Older People
出版Sydney University Press, 2008
主題Family & Relationships / EldercareHealth & Fitness / General
ISBN19208987519781920898755
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9yrmoar8B6QC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"This manual is for occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other health professionals and health promotion workers in the area of falls-prevention with older people. It presents Stepping On a community-based fall prevention program. The manual describes how to plan, prepare, and run the program, and includes suggestions for evaluation. Stepping On is a research-based program scientifically proven to reduce falls. Research and development of this important program was conducted by professional geriatrics practitioners and researchers at the University of Sydney, Australia, and accepted for peer-reviewed publication in the Sept. 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The study was a 14-month randomized trial involving 310 elders aged 70 and older, who had a fall in the previous 12 months, or were concerned about falling. At the end of the study, those completing the Stepping On program experienced a big 31% reduction in falls! The authors commented that these results showed that cognitive behavioural learning in a small group environment can reduce falls. Many older people have had a fall experience that has shaken their confidence and may have resulted in injury. Older people understand that the threat of a fall can be a barrier to safely doing all the things they want to do at home, and to Stepping On confidently in the community. The prevention of falls is vital to maintaining personal independence for older people. The Stepping On program offers older people a way of reducing falls and at the same time increasing self confidence in situations where they are at risk of falling. The program incorporates a group setting plus individualized follow-up. It covers a range of issues, including falls and risk, strength and balance exercises, home hazards, safe footwear, vision and falls, safety in public places, community mobility, coping after a fall, and understanding how to initiate a medication review. The program uses adult learning principles in a group setting over a seven-week period. It is about building self-confidence, about making decisions, and about behavioural change."--Provided by publisher.