Rehabilitation Services Use of Older Adults According to Fall-Risk Screening Guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterize rehabilitation services use of older adults according to fall-risk classification based on screening guidelines.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of 2015 National Health and Aging Trends Study.

Setting

Study participants' homes.

Participants

National sample of 7,440 community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries.

Measurements

In-person interviews and functional assessments. Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries criteria, participants were classified as low, moderate, or high fall risk.

Results

Twenty-three percent of older adults classified as moderate fall-risk (n = 2602) and 40.6% of those at high fall-risk (n = 940) reported rehabilitation services use in the pas

SUBMITTER: Gell NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322948 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature