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Interdisciplinary Falls Prevention for Seniors

NCT00463658 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 109

Last updated 2008-05-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

With an aging population, an associated increase in the number of falls and fall injuries, there is a need to examine how health care services, such as home care, can best prevent falls among older people. This project will directly address this area by evaluating the effects and expense of an innovative approach to home care service delivery for older people at-risk for falls.

Conditions

  • Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Falls Prevention

Subjects in the interdisciplinary group will receive home care services from a team of professional service providers (CCAC Case Manager, Public Health Nurse (Registered Nurse), Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Nutritionist) with experience and training in falls prevention. The team will provide a comprehensive, coordinated and evidence based approach to falls prevention through weekly case conferencing, a written interdisciplinary care plan, and joint client visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Patient Safety Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Community Care Access Centre

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Halton Region Health Department

    collaborator OTHER

  • Community Rehab

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maureen Markle-Reid, RN MScN PhD · School of Nursing, McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2007-08-31
Completion
2007-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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