@article{ref1,
title="World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative",
journal="Age and ageing",
year="2022",
author="Masud, Tahir and Watt, Jennifer A. and Vlaeyen, Ellen and Verghese, Joe and van der Cammen, Tischa and Troen, Bruce R. and Todd, Chris and Stark, Susan and Speechley, Mark and Dsouza, Sabestina and Skelton, Dawn A. and Sherrington, Catherine and Sejdić, Ervin and Said, Catherine and Pighills, Alison and Pieruccini-Faria, Frederico and Perracini, Monica R. and Nieuwboer, Alice and Morris, Meg E. and Moctezuma-Gallegos, Rogelio and Milisen, Koen and Marsh, David and Mallet, Louise and Lord, Stephen R. and Logan, Pip and Liu-Ambrose, Teresa and Lipsitz, Lewis A. and Latham, Nancy K. and Lamb, Sarah E. and Kenny, Rose-Anne and Kamkar, Nellie and Jauregui, Jose R. and Hunter, Susan M. W. and Hogan, David B. and Hausdorff, Jeffrey M. and Gómez, Fernando and Ganz, David A. and Freiberger, Ellen and Dyer, Suzanne M. and Duque, Gustavo and Duan, Leilei and Delbaere, Kim and Close, Jacqueline and Clemson, Lindy and Camicioli, Richard and Cameron, Ian D. and Bourke, Robbie and Blain, Hubert and Becker, Clemens and Alexander, Neil B. and Aguilar-Navarro, Sara and Ryg, Jesper and Tan, Maw Pin and Petrovic, Mirko and Martin, Finbarr C. and van der Velde, Nathalie and Montero-Odasso, Manuel",
volume="51",
number="9",
pages="afac205-afac205",
abstract="BACKGROUND: falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health related costs. Current guidelines are inconsistent, with no up-to-date, globally applicable ones present. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: to create a set of evidence- and expert consensus-based falls prevention and management recommendations applicable to older adults for use by healthcare and other professionals that consider: (i) a person-centred approach that includes the perspectives of older adults with lived experience, caregivers and other stakeholders; (ii) gaps in previous guidelines; (iii) recent developments in e-health and (iv) implementation across locations with limited access to resources such as low- and middle-income countries. <br><br>METHODS: a steering committee and a worldwide multidisciplinary group of experts and stakeholders, including older adults, were assembled. Geriatrics and gerontological societies were represented. Using a modified Delphi process, recommendations from 11 topic-specific working groups (WGs), 10 ad-hoc WGs and a WG dealing with the perspectives of older adults were reviewed and refined. The final recommendations were determined by voting. RECOMMENDATIONS: all older adults should be advised on falls prevention and physical activity. Opportunistic case finding for falls risk is recommended for community-dwelling older adults. Those considered at high risk should be offered a comprehensive multifactorial falls risk assessment with a view to co-design and implement personalised multidomain interventions. Other recommendations cover details of assessment and intervention components and combinations, and recommendations for specific settings and populations. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: the core set of recommendations provided will require flexible implementation strategies that consider both local context and resources.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-0729",
doi="10.1093/ageing/afac205",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac205"
}