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| Fall risk factors in community-dwelling elderly who receive Medicaid-supported home- and community-based care services | | Author(s) | Takashi Yamashita, Haesang Jeon, A John Bailer |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 23, no 4, June 2011 |
| Pages | pp 682-703 |
| Source | http://jah.sagepub.com/ |
| Keywords | Falls ; At risk ; Screening ; Evaluation ; Community care ; Projects. |
| Annotation | The study aimed to identify fall risk factors in an understudied population of older people receiving community-based care services. Data were collected from enrollees of Ohio's Medicaid home- and community-based waiver programme (preadmission screening system providing options and resources today [PASSPORT]). 23,182 participants receiving PASSPORT services in 2005/2006 were classified as fallers and non-fallers, and a variety of risk factors for falling was analysed using logistic regressions. Risk factors for falling were identified as follows: a previous history of falling, older age, white race, incontinence, a higher number of medications, activity of daily living limitations, unsteady gait, tremour, grasping strength, and absence of supervision. The authors conclude that identifying risk factors for the participants of a Medicaid home- and community-based waiver programme are useful for a falls risk assessment. However it would be most helpful if the community-based care service programmes were to incorporate measurements of known fall risk factors into their regular data collection (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111228004 A |
| Classmark | OLF: CA3: 3V: 4C: PA: 3E |
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