Safetylit: Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/Welcome to SafetyLit, the online source for recent research about injury prevention."Why do they become vulnerable when faced with the challenges of old age?" Elderly people who committed suicide, described by those who knew them. - Kjølseth I, Ekeberg O, Steihaug S. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_107243_26ABSTRACT Background: Suicidal behavior among the elderly is a research field in which qualitative and quantitative methods can and should supplement each other. The objective of this qualitative study is to investigate whether the descriptions of elderly p...An outpatient multifactorial falls prevention intervention does not reduce falls in high-risk elderly Danes. - Vind AB, Andersen HE, Pedersen KD, Jørgensen T, Schwarz P. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105069_26OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of multifactorial fall prevention in community-dwelling people aged 65 and older in Denmark. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled clinical trial. SETTING: Geriatric outpatient clinic at Glostrup University Hospital. PARTICIPANT...Are sedatives and hypnotics associated with increased suicide risk in the elderly? - Carlsten A, Waern M. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105158_26BACKGROUND: While antidepressant-induced suicidality is a concern in younger age groups, there is mounting evidence that these drugs may reduce suicidality in the elderly. Regarding a possible association between other types of psychoactive drugs and suici...Attempted suicide in the elderly in England: age-associated rates, time trends and methods. - Shah A. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105207_26Background: Critical study of attempted suicides may allow greater understanding of completed suicides because of the considerable overlap between attempted and completed suicides in the elderly.Methods: Age-associated rates (60-74 years versus 75+ years),...Case-control study of suicide attempts in the elderly. - Liu IC, Chiu CH. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_107506_26Background: Prior studies have inadequately explored the relationship between late-life suicidal behavior and subclinical/clinical symptoms. This study aimed to assess the risk associated with subclinical symptoms, mild cognitive impairment and clinical fa...Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Reasons for Living--Older Adults Scale: A Suicide Risk Assessment Inventory. - Edelstein BA, Heisel MJ, McKee DR, Martin RR, Koven LP, Duberstein PR, Britton PC. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_107409_26PURPOSE: The purposes of these studies were to develop and initially evaluate the psychometric properties of the Reasons for Living Scale-Older Adult version (RFL-OA), an older adults version of a measure designed to assess reasons for living among individ...Does improvement in the treatment of those who attempt suicide contribute to a reduction in elderly suicide rates in England? - Shah A. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105208_26Background: The reported decline in elderly suicide rates in England may have been, in part, due to prompt and successful resuscitation of those who attempt suicide. This study examines the impact of prompt and successful resuscitation of those who attempt...Fall Risk in Older Adults: Roles of Self-Rated Vision, Home Modifications, and Limb Function. - Steinman BA, Pynoos J, Nguyen AQ. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105183_26OBJECTIVE: To assess direct effects of self-rated vision, home modifications, and limb functioning, and moderating effects of self-rated vision on change in functioning of upper and lower limbs on fall risk in older adults. METHOD: Logistic regression was ...Incidence and mortality of falls amongst older people in primary care in the United Kingdom. - Gribbin J, Hubbard R, Smith C, Gladman J, Lewis S. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105113_26BACKGROUND: Despite the role of primary care in the falls care pathway, there are almost no data on the extent of falls seen in general practices. AIM: To quantify the incidence and mortality of falls amongst older people in primary care in the UK. METHODS...Predictors of high-risk alcohol consumption in young offenders on community orders: Policy and treatment implications. - Kenny DT, Schreiner I. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_107348_26The present study examined the relationship between a set of individual and contextual variables and high-risk alcohol use among young offenders placed on community orders in New South Wales, Australia. Participants (n = 777) were compared on a set of fact...Preinjury warfarin worsens outcome in elderly patients who fall from standing. - Howard JL, Cipolle MD, Horvat SA, Sabella VM, Reed JF, Fulda G, Tinkoff G, Pasquale MD. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105048_26INTRODUCTION: Fall from standing (FFS) has become one of the most common mechanisms of injury for admission to the trauma center in the elderly population. Many of these patients present anticoagulated with warfarin. This two-center study was designed to e...Socio-demographic, health-related and psychosocial correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older persons who avoid activity due to fear of falling. - Kempen GI, van Haastregt JC, McKee KJ, Delbaere K, Zijlstra GA. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105235_26BACKGROUND: Fear of falling and avoidance of activity are common in old age and are suggested to be (public) health problems of equal importance to falls. Earlier studies of correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity did hardly differentiate b...The provision of walking aids to the overtly aggressive older adult who is a high risk of falls: a careful balancing act. - Stubbs B. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105156_26[Abstract unavailable] Language: Eng...To drive or not to drive, that isn't the question-the meaning of self-regulation among older drivers. - Donorfio LK, D'Ambrosio LA, Coughlin JF, Mohyde M. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_107146_26PROBLEM: This research examines older drivers and how they rationalize and cope with their own changing psychological and physical functioning vis-à-vis self-regulation and driving. METHOD: A national survey was mailed to a sample of drivers over the age ...What Works Better for Community-Dwelling Older People at Risk to Fall? A Meta-Analysis of Multifactorial Versus Physical Exercise-Alone Interventions. - Petridou ET, Manti EG, Ntinapogias AG, Negri E, Szczerbinska K. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_105184_26OBJECTIVE: To compare and quantify the effectiveness of multifactorial versus exercise-alone interventions in reducing recurrent falls among community-dwelling older people. METHOD: A meta-analysis of recently published studies on fall prevention intervent...