Home
Kieran Lamb's Library tagged → View Popular
The ear alarm to prevent falls - BBC Health News 24th October 2009
"Roy Upsall ended up in hospital after falling while getting out of bed.
He was fortunate in that there was no lasting damage, but not everyone is so lucky.
Falls are the leading cause of death in the over-75s - ahead of the likes of cancer and heart disease. "
Ask the doctor: Why falling could be a sign of brain damage - Daily Mail 19th October 2009
"My partner was recently admitted to hospital after a couple of unexplained falls, which I thought were possibly the result of a stroke, as she was very unsteady on her feet, became confused and had problems with handeye co-ordination. The eventual diagnosis was that she had suffered damage to some of the small vessels in the brain. Could you explain the difference? She is recovering, but has physiotherapy for balance problems. "
West Cumberland do it one slow step at a time - The Whitehaven News 14th October 2009
"WEST Cumberland Hospital and Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, have seen a significant reduction in the number of patients slipping, tripping or falling.
At the Whitehaven hospital, slips, trips and falls on the pilot wards have reduced by 20 per cent."
Poetry contest to educate people on dangers of falls - North West Evening Mail 13th October 2009
"CUMBRIAN health chiefs have launched a poetry competition – about falling over.
The contest was organised to celebrate National Poetry Day and show how important it is to prevent people having falls."
Hospital safety initiative to be shared across Cumbria NHS - Carlisle News & Star 12th October 2009
"A new initiative that has seen a dramatic reduction in the number of slips, trips and falls in north Cumbria’s hospitals is now being shared with the rest of the NHS.
The innovative programme – which resulted in a 20 per cent drop in incidents – is being rolled out at both the Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland hospital following an initial pilot."
No place like home for treatment - BBC Health News 10th October 2009
"Like most patients, William Hutcheson does not like being in hospital.
But after a fall he was left a paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair, which makes him more susceptible to bouts of infected pressure sores. "
Vitamin D 'can help balance' - The Independent 2nd October 2009
"People aged 65 and over should take high-dose vitamin D to help stop them falling over, according to research.
They can cut their chance of falls by 19 per cent if they take 700- 1,000IU (17.5-25 micrograms) of the vitamin as a daily supplement, according to research published online in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). It found a dose lower than 700IU per day had no effect."
The vitamin that can save pensioners from frequent falls - Daily Mail 2nd October 2009
"Pensioners should take high doses of vitamin D to reduce the number of falls they have.
Those aged 65 and over can cut the chance of a fall by as much as a fifth if they take at least 17.5micrograms of vitamin D a day, a study revealed. "
The pensioners cutting elderly falls - BBC Health News 28th August 2009
Every year, more than 700,000 people over 65 attend accident and emergency after a fall.
And falls are the leading cause of death for the over-75s.
But one primary care trust in Lancashire has managed to slash its falls rate by a quarter - thanks in no small measure to the efforts of one elderly couple.
East Lancashire falls team wins award for safety - Lancashire Telegraph 15th July 2009
EAST Lancashire health workers have been honoured after cutting the number of falls among the elderly.
NHS East Lancashire’s falls team which works across Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, was awarded an NHS Patient Safety Award.
Elderly widow died after nursing home left her to suffer broken hip in agony for 14 hours - Daily Mail 9th July 2009
An elderly widow died after she broke her hip and was left in agony without medical attention for 14 hours at a private nursing home.
When Winifred Mitchell was eventually taken to hospital with an 'obvious' fracture, she contracted pneumonia and died eight days later, an inquest heard.
Healthy Hips initiative gets the thumbs up - Altrincham Messenger 6th July 2009
A SCHEME that aims to prevent falls and hip fractures among pensioners has earned a pat on the back.
The Healthy Hips and Hearts initiative by Trafford Primary Care Trust benefits more than 300 people through 30 classes run by volunteers.
The chair keeping elderly patients safe - BBC Health News 29th June 2009
Katerina Hristovska is frail and not meant to get up from her chair or bed unaided.
She speaks little or no English and also has dementia. She is confused and hallucinates and regularly forgets to ask for help.
Last year while the nurses treating her for an infection were away she got up unaided, slipped and broke her hip.
Walney is a hotspot for older people falling, results claim - Carlisle News & Star 3rd June 2009
WALNEY is a North West hotspot for falls – with more over 60s taking a tumble than in any other part of the region.
Figures collated by the North West Ambulance Service between April 2007 and March last year showed Walney and Kendal had the highest proportion of calls for falls in that age group.
Could you be riding for a fall? As Maggie lands in hospital, why tripping up can be deadly serious - Daily Mail 22nd June 2009
Margaret Thatcher is still in hospital following an operation on the arm she broke in a fall at her home nearly two weeks ago.
Hers is an alarmingly common experience: one in three people over the age of 65 falls each year, with 700,000 of them ending up in A&E.
NHS ‘letting down’ fall victims - Liverpool Daily Post 26th March 2009
MANY NHS trusts fail to provide adequate after-care for elderly patients who suffer fractures in falls.
A study by the Royal College of Physicians said opportunities were missed to prevent injuries. Falls and fractures accounted for 4m bed days a year in England for the over-65s, the report said.
NHS 'failings' over elderly falls - BBC Health News 25th March 2009
Opportunities to prevent recurrent falls and fractures in the elderly are being missed, experts have warned.
Every year, more than 700,000 people over 65 in the attend A&E after a fall.
Bruised war veteran catches three superbugs - The Telegraph 23rd February 2009
A 90-year-old war veteran who went to hospital suffering from a bruise after a fall ended up breaking his pelvis and suffering from MRSA, C-Difficile and E-coli.
War hero left in wheelchair after contracting MRSA, E.coli AND C.diff at NHS hospital - Daily Mail 24th February 2009
He survived the vicious conflict with the Japanese in the jungles of Burma.
But veteran Albert Marriott has been reduced to a wheelchair-bound shell by a spell in the care of the NHS.
Mr Marriott, 90, was admitted to hospital after a fall at home.
He then picked up superbugs Clostridium difficile, E.coli and MRSA - and fractured his pelvis in a fall from a hospital bed.
Fracturing a hip 'increases the risk of dying for the next decade' - The Telegraph 3rd February 2009
Fracturing a hip after the age of 60 significantly raises the chance of dying within the next decade, scientists have found.
Selected Tags
Related Tags
Health (25)- News (25)
- Older People (17)
- UHN (11)
- CLHN (10)
- BBC Health News (6)
- Daily Mail (6)
- Health and Safety (5)
- Hospitals (5)
- Carlisle News & Star (3)
- IHN (3)
- Lancashire Telegraph (3)
- Mortality (3)
- Medical Technology (2)
- Primary Care (2)
- Vitamins (2)
- Negligence (2)
- Jurisprudence (2)
- Fractures (2)
Sponsored Links
Top Contributors
Groups interested in Falls
Diigo is about better ways to research, share and collaborate on information. Learn more »
Join Diigo