Citation

Ang SGM, O'Brien AP, Wilson A. Singapore Med. J. 2018; 59(1): 9-11.

Affiliation

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Singapore Medical Association)

DOI

10.11622/smedj.2018005

PMID

29376188

Abstract

With the Singaporean population ageing at an exponential rate, home carers are increasingly becoming essential partners in fall prevention and care delivery for older persons living at home and in the community. Singapore, like other Asian countries, regards the family as the main support structure for the older person, and national policies have been implemented to support this cultural expectation. Family carers experience similar concerns as older persons with regard to fall risk, and identifying and addressing these concerns can potentially lower fall risk and improve fall prevention for older persons. It is timely to remind ourselves - as concern about falls in older persons begins to shift to carers - to incorporate the influence of Asian cultural values and unique family dynamics of outsourcing family caregiving, in the management of older persons' fall risk in the community.

Copyright: © Singapore Medical Association.

Language: en

Keywords

Singapore; carers; fall concern; fall prevention; older persons