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Prevention of Falls and Injury in the Elderly
Intrinsic Factors
General Physical Functioning, name and describe.
- Impaired Ambulation
- -Flat feet
- Impaired mobility
- -Arthritist
- Physical activity
- -House work
- ADL
- -Getting dressed, in/out of bed, getting out of a chair, washing
- Gait and Balance
- -Gait=how a person walks
- Musculoskeletal and Neuromuscular Changes
- -Diseases have effect on this
- -testing grip strength
- -testing ROM
- -Decreased strength
- Sensory Impairment
- -Seeing and Hearing
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Prevention of Falls and Injury in the Elderly
Name medical conditions that increase risk of falls. (6)
- -History of falls
- -Heart disease, Syncope(related to heart condition/ can lead the person to pass out or faint)
- -Mini stroke
- -Parkinson Disease (cause brain problems)
- -Incontinence (they hurry to the bathroom)
- -Low Blood pressure (can make the dizzy)
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Prevention of Falls and Injury in the Elderly
Name the medication that can cause falls and injuries.
- -A number of different drugs
- -Classes of different drugs (like antidepressant)
- -Tranquilizers
- -Sanative
- -Bazodialaters (dilate blood vessels- lowers blood pressure
- -Antihypertensive (make the person do a variety of action , also lowers blood pressure)
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Prevention of Falls and Injury in the Elderly
List the 8 intrinsic factors that may cause falls and injuries and falls and the nursing intervention
- 1)History of falls and injurious falls
- -Follow care plan/ use gait belt
- 2)Impaired ambulation, mobility, gait and balance, muscle and neuromuscular changes
- -move slower
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Prevention of Falls and Injury in the Elderly
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Prevention of Falls and Injury in the Elderly
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Prevention of Falls and Injury in the Elderly
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Prevention of Falls and Injury in the Elderly
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Prevention of Falls and Injury in the Elderly
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