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Perspectives of healthcare professionals in England on falls interventions for people with dementia: a qualitative interview study.
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- Barriers for access and utilization of dementia care services in Europe: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Influencing factors of interprofessional collaboration in multifactorial fall prevention interventions: a qualitative systematic review.BMC primary care · 2023Pooled it
- Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Student Knowledge, Confidence, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Providing Care for People With Dementia: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Physical therapy · 2022Pooled it
- Nurses' Experience of Nursing Workload-Related Issues during Caring Patients with Dementia: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Perceptions of Fall Prevention and Engagement in Social Prescribing Activities Among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Portugal.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dementia Education for Physiotherapy Students: A Questionnaire of Australian and Canadian Entry-to-Professional Practice Programmes.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2025Article
- Exploring attitudinal barriers to participation in inpatient fall risk assessment using the Theoretical Domains Framework: A survey of providers.Health science reports · 2024Article
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- Perceptions of people with Parkinson's and their caregivers of falling and falls-related healthcare services- a qualitative study.PloS one · 2022Article
- The perspectives of healthcare practitioners on fall risk factors in older adults.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the experiences of healthcare professionals working in falls prevention and memory assessment services in providing assessments and interventions for falls risk reduction in people with dementia.
designThis is a qualitative study using 19 semistructured interviews. Interviews were analysed through thematic analysis.
settingCommunity-based falls and memory assessment services in the East Midlands, UK.
participantsNurses (n=10), physiotherapists (n=5), occupational therapists (n=3) and a psychiatrist (n=1).
resultsThree substantive themes were identified: challenges posed by dementia, adaptations to make falls prevention appropriate for people with dementia and organisational barriers. Patients' poor recall, planning and increased behavioural risk associated with dementia were key problems. Healthcare professionals provided many suggestions on how to overcome these challenges, such as adapting exercise interventions by using more visual aids. Problems associated with cognitive impairment created a need for additional support, for instance longer interventions, and supervision by support workers, to enable effective intervention, yet limited resources meant this was not always achievable. Communication between mental and physical health teams could be ineffective, as services were organised as separate entities, creating a reliance on third parties to be intermediaries. Structural and organisational factors made it difficult to deliver optimal falls prevention for people living with dementia.
conclusionsHealthcare professionals experience challenges in providing falls prevention to people with dementia at the individual and organisational levels. Interventions can be adapted for people with dementia, but this requires additional resources and improved integration of services. Future research is needed to develop and test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of such services.
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