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For Immediate Release
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Phone: 410.337.9585, ext. 181
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New Edition makes Falls Prevention and Management a Little Easier
Baltimore, MD (June 2010) — Falling causes a significant portion of injuries and death among older adults in the United States and the treatment of fall-related injuries carries a sizeable price tag. In 2000, over $19 billion dollars went toward treating these injuries, and costs are expected to rise to a staggering $54.9 billion by 20201 due to both the increasing aging population and health care costs. With more than one third of adults over the age of 65 falling each year, what is to be done about this recurring problem? The answer can be found in Health Professions Press' newly published Falls in Older People: Prevention & Management, Fourth Edition, by fall prevention expert Dr. Rein Tideiksaar.
With a solid foundation in evidence-based practices, this award-winning guide presents a comprehensive look at fall prevention and management. It explores the internal and external causes of falls, analyzes their consequences, provides clinical assessments for actual falls as well as risks for falling, and promotes an interdisciplinary approach to falls management. Bursting with practical strategies, assessment tools, and management practices, this fourth edition includes all the medical, rehabilitative, and environmental strategies needed to protect the safety and health of at-risk older adults:
- Expanded guidelines on fall risk monitoring strategies
- More evaluation tools, including a Fall Prevention Program Checklist
- Recommendations for restraint reduction and alternatives
- A practical "early warning" system for fall risk
- Home safety guidelines for patients and families
- Step-by-step guidance for implementing both procedural and organizational best practices
"This expanded edition provides the reader with a solid foundation in the basics of aging, fall prevention, and the evidence available on preventing falls," says Bonita Lynn Beattie, Vice President of Injury Prevention Falls Free Inititiative™ for the National Council on Aging. "It should be the primary handbook of injury prevention/safety personnel in any facility housing older adult clients."
Dr. Rein Tideiksaar, is President of FallPrevent, LLC, a company that provides educational, legal, and marketing services in connection with fall prevention for older adults. Dr. Tideiksaar has been active in the area of fall prevention for over 25 years. He has directed numerous research projects on falls and has developed fall prevention programs in the community, assisted living, home care, acute care hospital, and nursing facility settings.
For more information or to purchase a copy of this book, please visit www.healthpropress.com/tideiksaar.
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009). Costs of Falls Among Older Adults. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Falls/fallcost.html.
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Falls in Older People: Prevention & Management, Fourth Edition
By Rein Tideiksaar, Ph.D.
Health Professions Press © 2010
376 pages, 7 x 10 paperback, $34.95, ISBN 978-1-932529-44-9
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