Fall Prevention

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Currently in the whole United States of America, there has been a noted rise in the prevalence of falls among adult hospitalized patients. It has been revealed by studies that elderly adults of 65 years or greater fall annually and about 1/3 of these patients die every twenty minutes as a result of complications from falls. Studies have shown that approximately 67.7 billion dollars will be spent as a result of fall related injuries by the year 2020. Fall related injuries contributes to a rise in expenditure, as well as complications to the affected individuals. As a result of this, health care sector is now faced with the challenges of providing an effective/efficient strategy for the reduction of the prevalence of falls. Some studies have

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