scholarly journals Inertial Training Improves Strength, Balance, and Gait Speed in Elderly Nursing Home Residents

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 15 ◽  
pp. 177-184
Author(s):  
Mariusz Naczk ◽  
Slawomir Marszalek ◽  
Alicja Naczk
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Gait Speed ◽  
Nursing Home Residents

scholarly journals What Factors Predict Falls in Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: A Pilot Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Aditi Datta ◽  
Rahul Datta ◽  
Jeananne Elkins
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Gait Speed ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Environmental Causes ◽  
Mobility Device ◽  
Fear Of Falls

Background: In community-dwelling older adults, slow gait speed is linked to falls; however, little is known about the use of gait speed to predict falls in nursing home residents. The prevalence of risk factors for falls in nursing home residents is multifactorial. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between falls and multiple factors such as age, sex, gait speed, mobility device, fear of falling, cognitive function, medication, and environmental causes in a nursing home setting. Material and Methods: Participants were recruited from a nursing home. Independent variables such as age, sex, gait speed for 40 feet, use of a mobility device, fear of falls, cognitive function, medication, and environmental causes of falls were measured and recorded. The dependent variable was falls. Participants were followed-up for a period of six months for falls. Falls were documented from the computerized medical records at the facility. Results: Five of the 16 participants had falls in the follow-up period. Exact logistic regression, bivariate analysis, showed no significant relationship between falls and the independent variables of age, sex, gait speed, mobility device, fear of falls, cognitive function, and medication. More than 30% of recorded falls had an environmental cause, which was significant at p = 0.0005. Conclusion: Environmental causes had a significant relationship with falls in nursing home participants. Environment hazard monitoring is therefore important to ensure the safety of nursing home residents.

scholarly journals Gait Speed Characteristics and Their Spatiotemporal Determinants in Nursing Home Residents

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. E148-E154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Fien ◽  
Timothy Henwood ◽  
Mike Climstein ◽  
Evelyne Rathbone ◽  
Justin William Leslie Keogh
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Gait Speed ◽  
Nursing Home Residents

Erratum: Hearing Levels among Elderly Nursing Home Residents

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Schow ◽  
Michael A. Nerbonne
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Male And Female

In the February 1980 issue of this journal, the report by Ronald L. Schow and Michael A. Nerbonne ("Hearing Levels Among Elderly Nursing Home Residents") contains an error. On page 128, the labels "Male" and "Female" in Table 2 should be reversed.

Deficits in Selective Attention Alter Gait in Frail Older Adults

GeroPsych ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Véronique Cornu ◽  
Jean-Paul Steinmetz ◽  
Carine Federspiel
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Dual Task ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Gait Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Gait Parameters ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Task Conditions

Abstract. A growing body of research demonstrates an association between gait disorders, falls, and attentional capacities in older adults. The present work empirically analyzes differences in gait parameters in frail institutionalized older adults as a function of selective attention. Gait analysis under single- and dual-task conditions as well as selective attention measures were collected from a total of 33 nursing-home residents. We found that differences in selective attention performances were related to the investigated gait parameters. Poorer selective attention performances were associated with higher stride-to-stride variabilities and a slowing of gait speed under dual-task conditions. The present findings suggest a contribution of selective attention to a safe gait. Implications for gait rehabilitation programs are discussed.

Autobiographical Memory Among Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katinka Dijkstra ◽  
Michelle S. Bourgeois ◽  
Lou Burgio ◽  
Rebecca Allen-Burge
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Nursing Home Residents

Quality of Care for Florida Nursing Home Residents With Serious Mental Illness

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Hyer ◽  
Christopher Johnson ◽  
Victor A. Molinari ◽  
Marion Becker
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Home Residents
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