Falls Among Community Dwelling Elders: Evidence Based Emergency Room Actions and Multi-Factorial Falls-Prevention and Control Programs and Recommendations for Osteoarthritis Fallers [1976-2026]

Abstract

Ray Marks

Aging is often accompanied by an increased tendency to fall and sustain various degrees of injury, a high subsequent or recurrent falls risk, and a forthcoming or heightened functional decline especially in the event of any ensuing disabling painful lower limb osteoarthritis onset or exacerbation. This work describes what is reported about falls in the older population in general, and more specifically in the context of the emergency room and related measures to assess, und recommend strategies to avert future falls in those discharged to the community. Using the PUBMED data base and others, studies sought were those likely to inform or advance secondary prevention themes that could be applied to avert any recurrent falls risk, as well as those that may minimize pain and disability. The search results revealed it may be possible to lower the chances of incurring one or more falls in the future and their impact on further health and disability challenges via a combination of sound and comprehensive emergency falls response procedures. In addition to standard program efforts, we review a possible role for advancing vitamin C testing and supplementation as indicated as a means of fostering speedy full recovery from any ensuing internal soft tissue and adverse joint structural falls trauma responses.

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