Safetylit: Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/Welcome to SafetyLit, the online source for recent research about injury prevention.Development and application of a multidimensional suicide prevention program for Korean elders by utilizing a community network. - Jo KH, Kim YK. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_88721_26PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a multidimensional suicide prevention program for Korean elders by utilizing a community network and to evaluate its effect. METHODS: A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The sub...Effects of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment on driving ability: a controlled clinical study by simulated driving test. - Frittelli C, Borghetti D, Iudice G, Bonanni E, Maestri M, Tognoni G, Pasquali L, Iudice A. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_88820_26OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) on simulated car driving ability. METHODS: Twenty patients with a probable AD of mild severity (Clinical Dementia Rating, CDR = 1) were compared with 20 subjec...Physical function, physical activity and recent falls. Results from the "Invecchiamento e Longevita nel Sirente (ilSIRENTE)" Study. - Mangani I, Cesari M, Russo A, Onder G, Maraldi C, Zamboni V, Marchionni N, Bernabei R, Pahor M, Landi F. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_88509_26BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A fall is a common and traumatic event in the life of older persons. This study aims: 1) to explore the relationship between recent falls and measures of physical function in elders, and 2) to examine the role played by habitual physic...Testing the Finno-Ugrian Suicide Hypothesis: Geographic variation of elderly suicide rates across Europe. - Voracek M, Marusic A. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_88847_26The pattern of geographic variation in European suicide rates in the high-risk group of individuals aged 65 years and over was investigated, in order to provide a further test of the Finno-Ugrian Suicide Hypothesis, i.e. the assumption that genetic differe...The efficacy of a multidisciplinary falls prevention clinic with an extended step-down community program. - Sze PC, Cheung WH, Lam PS, Lo HS, Leung KS, Chan T. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_88516_26OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of a falls prevention clinic and a community step-down program in reducing the number of falls among community-dwelling elderly at high risk of fall. DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING: Community. PARTICIPANTS: Commu...The reliability and predictive accuracy of the falls risk for older people in the community assessment (FROP-Com) tool. - Russell MA, Hill KD, Blackberry I, Day LM, Dharmage SC. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_88344_26BACKGROUND: the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community assessment (FROP-Com) tool was designed for use in targeted multi-factorial falls prevention programmes. It fills the gap between the short screening tools and the longer assessment tools, e.g. t...