Falls (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)

Key contacts and references

Carers

Key contact

Dean Metz

E-mail

Falls Specialist Practitioner

Job Title

Dean.Metz@STFT.NHS.UK

Phone Number

0191 502 6810

References from Sections 1 to 11

Age UK & National Osteoporosis Society (2012) Breaking Through: Building Better Falls and Fracture Services in England retrieved 30.08.16

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Campbell, A.J., Spears, G.F. and Borrie, M.J., 1990. Examination by logistic regression modelling of the variables which increase the relative risk of elderly women falling compared to elderly men. "Journal of clinical epidemiology, 43(12)", pp.1415 - 1420.

Campbell, A.J., Borrie, M.J., Spears, G.F., Jackson, S.L., Brown, J.S. and Fitzgerald, J.L., 1990. Circumstances and consequences of falls experienced by a community population 70 years and over during a prospective study. "Age and ageing, 19" (2), pp.136-141.

Campbell, A.J. and Robertson, M.C., 2006. Implementation of multifactorial interventions for fall and fracture prevention. "Age and Ageing, 35" (suppl 2), pp.ii60-ii64.

Carande-Kulis, V., Stevens, J.A., Florence, C.S., Beattie, B.L. and Arias, I., 2015. A cost-benefit analysis of three older adult fall prevention interventions. "Journal of safety research, 52", pp.65 - 70.

Cummings, S.R., Nevitt, M.C., Browner, W.S., Stone, K., Fox, K.M., Ensrud, K.E., Cauley, J., Black, D. and Vogt, T.M., 1995. Risk factors for hip fracture in white women. "New England journal of medicine, 332" (12), pp.767 - 774.

Department of Health (2006) A New Ambition for Old Age - Next Steps in Implementing the National Service Framework for Older People retrieved 30.08.16

Department of Health (2007) National Service Framework for Older People Annual Report, Chapter 2, Standard 6, Falls retrieved 30.08.16 from GOV.UK: National Service Framework for Older People

Department of Health (2012, January) Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Improving Outcomes and Supporting Transparency retrieved 30.08.16 from GOV.UK: Improving outcomes and supporting transparency 

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Institute of Public Care (2016) POPPI: Projecting Older People Population Information System accessed 30.08.16

Keene, G.S., Parker, M.J. and Pryor, G.A., 1993. Mortality and morbidity after hip fractures. Bmj307(6914), pp.1248 - 1250.

Metz, D. 2012 Health Needs Assessment "Mind the Gaps" Focus on Fall Prevention, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust

Metz, D., Vickers, P., McKinney, K., Coway, S., Hignett, J., 2014. The Clinical and Financial Efficacy of a Falls Prevention and Rehabilitation Unit Over the Course of One Year. South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust

Tinetti, M.E., Speechley, M. and Ginter, S.F., 1988. Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in the community. "New England journal of medicine, 319"(26), pp.1701 - 1707.

Tinetti, M.E. and Williams, C.S., 1997. Falls, injuries due to falls, and the risk of admission to a nursing home. "New England journal of medicine, 337" (18), pp.1279 - 1284.

Treml, J., Husk, J., Vasilakis, N., (2011) "Falling standards, broken promises, Report of the national audit of falls and bone health in older people 2010", Royal College of Physicians.

Peel, N.M., Kassulke, D.J. and McClure, R.J., 2002. Population based study of hospitalised fall related injuries in older people. "Injury prevention, 8" (4), pp.280 - 283.

Vlaeyen, E., Coussement, J., Leysens, G., Van der Elst, E., Delbaere, K., Cambier, D., Denhaerynck, K., Goemaere, S., Wertelaers, A., Dobbels, F. and Dejaeger, E., 2015. Characteristics and Effectiveness of Fall Prevention Programs in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. "Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63" (2), pp.211 - 221.

Last updated: November 2016