World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative

🤖 Plain-English Summary

BACKGROUND: falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health related costs. Other recommendations cover details of assessment and intervention components and combinations, and recommendations for specific settings and populations.

🔑 Key Findings

• Current guidelines are inconsistent, with no up-to-date, globally applicable ones present.
• OBJECTIVES: to create a set of evidence- and expert consensus-based falls prevention and management recommendations applicable to older adults for use by healthcare and other professionals that consider: (i) a person-centred approach that includes the perspectives of older adults with lived experience, caregivers and other stakeholders; (ii) gaps in previous guidelines; (iii) recent developments in e-health and (iv) implementation across locations with limited access to resources such as low- and middle-income countries.
• METHODS: a steering committee and a worldwide multidisciplinary group of experts and stakeholders, including older adults, were assembled.

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