System-level interventions for fall risk assessment, fall prevention and fall injury prevention in long-term care facilities: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are at high risk for falls. Interventions to prevent falls and fall-related injury in this population may be individual-level or system-focused interventions. However, relatively little attention has been given to research on system-focused interventions. This scoping review seeks to synthesise previous studies on the effects of system-focused interventions for fall prevention in LTCFs.

Methods

We searched Ovid-Medline, CINAHL and Embase databases from 2007 to 2024 following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) extension for Scoping Reviews. We conducted a narrative synthesis to summarise findings from the included studies.

Results

In the initial search, 403

SUBMITTER: Wi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12041291 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature