Falls among elderly-concepts, knowledge and acting of staff working at an elderly care unit
Engelsk titel: Falls among elderly-concepts, knowledge and acting of staff working at an elderly care unit
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Författare:
Kindberg R
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 20
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 00016457
Sammanfattning
Trauma and death caused by fall
is quite common among elderly
people despite the fact that research
literature exensively document
internal and external factors
of influence. The question is
whether research resultats are
divulged to the clinical area or
not. The aim
of this study was to find out how
staff working with geriatric care
act in connection with a fall,
what their concept and knowledge
are of «trauma by fall»
among elderly people. A questionnaire
was developed to cover
these aspects and a randomized
sample of 14 professionals working
at a geriatric unit was chosen.
The results showed that the
staff was well informed about the
effect of dizziness and impaired
balance on fall accidents. On the
other hand they had less knowledge
of fall triggering factors not
belonging to normal aging, eq;
lack of sleep, lonliness or migration.
There seems to be a need for
further education.