Lorean Jackson
PAD6726
Florida International University
Do following home safety standards decrease the likelihood that an elderly person will fall and reduce related psychological issues?
Part 1
Literature Review
Falling among elderly people is recorded to be the main cause to accidental deaths for the aged. Previous research indicates that falls amount up to 70 percent of all accidental deaths among elderly people aged 75 and above. This research indicates that falling among the aged may account for more deaths than age related diseases. In this regard doctors and psychotherapists have advised on systematic following of safety standards to reduce on falls among the aged. Consequently, a lot of research has …show more content…
A lot of research highlights the need of maintaining safety standards but unless such information is availed to the community then only too little is achieved (Kannus & Parkkari, 2005). As we realized earlier, poor education is one of the main obstacles to maintaining safety standards and therefore a reason for increased falls among the elderly. In addition to raising awareness it has been noted that the attitude towards safety standards application affects how people embrace safety precautions. Among those who are little concerned of their safety, accidental injuries arising from falls are common and as soon as such attitude is diverted the better it will become for …show more content…
It has been identified that recurrent falling while leading to injuries has an enormous psychological implication to the aged members of our community. Many old people die of stress and this is motivated by all kinds of factors including fear of falling. There have been many incidences of deaths arising from falls and this piece of information only makes the elderly more reluctant to move about.
As we have discovered above, in houses where safety standards are not maintained, incidences of falling are more prevelant and this has far reaching consequences beyond the injuries suffered (Rubenstein & Robbins, 1994). It has been established that once elderly people succumb to falling injuries, the probability of them suffering from heart illnesses and shock increases. The fear of having another accident may most likely lead to death even before those patients give way to injury. For others, this research indicates worse results of patients yielding to shock resulting from fear of a near
PAD6726
Florida International University
Do following home safety standards decrease the likelihood that an elderly person will fall and reduce related psychological issues?
Part 1
Literature Review
Falling among elderly people is recorded to be the main cause to accidental deaths for the aged. Previous research indicates that falls amount up to 70 percent of all accidental deaths among elderly people aged 75 and above. This research indicates that falling among the aged may account for more deaths than age related diseases. In this regard doctors and psychotherapists have advised on systematic following of safety standards to reduce on falls among the aged. Consequently, a lot of research has …show more content…
A lot of research highlights the need of maintaining safety standards but unless such information is availed to the community then only too little is achieved (Kannus & Parkkari, 2005). As we realized earlier, poor education is one of the main obstacles to maintaining safety standards and therefore a reason for increased falls among the elderly. In addition to raising awareness it has been noted that the attitude towards safety standards application affects how people embrace safety precautions. Among those who are little concerned of their safety, accidental injuries arising from falls are common and as soon as such attitude is diverted the better it will become for …show more content…
It has been identified that recurrent falling while leading to injuries has an enormous psychological implication to the aged members of our community. Many old people die of stress and this is motivated by all kinds of factors including fear of falling. There have been many incidences of deaths arising from falls and this piece of information only makes the elderly more reluctant to move about.
As we have discovered above, in houses where safety standards are not maintained, incidences of falling are more prevelant and this has far reaching consequences beyond the injuries suffered (Rubenstein & Robbins, 1994). It has been established that once elderly people succumb to falling injuries, the probability of them suffering from heart illnesses and shock increases. The fear of having another accident may most likely lead to death even before those patients give way to injury. For others, this research indicates worse results of patients yielding to shock resulting from fear of a near