Feasibility of a Novel Lighting System to Reduce Nighttime Falls in Assisted Living Residents With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the feasibility of conducting a trial of a novel nighttime lighting system designed to support postural stability in assisted living (AL) residents, and to estimate intervention effectiveness by comparing the incidence of nighttime falls during the novel lighting condition to that in a control condition featuring a standard nightlight.

Design

Randomized crossover trial. The intervention consisted of 3 custom-designed linear arrays of amber light-emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged in strips: 1 strip aligned horizontally across the top of the bathroom/entry doorframe containing 68 LEDs and 2 strips of 140 LEDs each aligned vertically down the sides of the doorframe. The control condition was 1 standard nightlight in the bedroom and 1 in the bathroom. Resid

SUBMITTER: Zimmerman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11486553 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature