Falls are one of the primary causes of injury among older adults and account for over 8 million fall-related injuries annually in the USA alone. They lead to costly healthcare services as well as loss of independence for community-living elderly people. With this tool designed specifically to assess fall risk among elders, more of their independence can be maintained than ever. Healthcare professionals must identify those at high risk of falling and provide tailored prevention advice in order to stop falls. While numerous tools exist for assessing falls risk assessment in acute care settings, only certain ones can be implemented effectively in community-dwelling elderly settings - this systematic review intends to identify such tools and explore how best they may be implemented into practice.Current generations of community-dwelling elderly individuals are ageing differently than previous ones, leading to less effective fall risk assessment tools being available for this population. Furthermore, the older population often suffers from more frailty and chronic illnesses that impede balance and gait - making it essential that a new falls risk assessment tool be found that is tailored specifically for elderly populations. Personal medical alarms There have been various methods developed and tested in literature to assess falls risk, including various tests to measure balance, gait speed and cognitive function. One popular test, Timed Up and Go (TUG), requires individuals to stand up from a chair, walk 10 feet at their usual pace before returning back into it - it can even be administered clinically by healthcare providers; other more complex assessments such as Tinetti Balance Scale or Berg Balance Scale require trained health professionals for administration.HIIFRM is an evidence-based fall risk assessment tool recently validated in a large population of community-dwelling elderly individuals. Its strengths include its brevity, focus on intrinsic risk factors rather than general patient characteristics, and targeting risk factors with direct impact on falls. When integrated into electronic health records it automatically populates nursing assessments while linking to evidence-based care plans and interventions to promote safe mobility and independence.The HIIFRM can be combined with software containing research-validated tests and algorithms to generate comprehensive, effective and customizable fall risk assessments for all patients. Healthcare practitioners can then set up effective alert protocols that activate when their assessment results change, enabling immediate preventive measures to be put in place - adding these alerts is simple and can be completed in minutes; making healthcare providers proactive about preventing falls while improving patients' quality of life; it can easily be utilized by healthcare professionals working in hospitals, home health agencies, assisted living facilities or retirement communities.

Fall Risk Assessment Tool for Elderly People

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