Ian D. Cameron

TL;DR: There is evidence that multifactorial interventions reduce falls and risk of falling in hospitals and may do so in nursing care facilities and Vitamin D supplementation is effective in reducing the rate of falls in Nursing care facilities.

TL;DR: Assessing the effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce falls by older people in care facilities and hospitals suggested that exercise might reduce falls in people in intermediate level facilities, and increase falls in facilities providing high levels of nursing care.

TL;DR: The evidence suggests that a discharge plan tailored to the individual patient probably brings about reductions in hospital length of stay and readmission rates for older people admitted to hospital with a medical condition.

TL;DR: The utility (preference for health) associated with hip fracture and fear of falling among older women is estimated by finding the point at which respondents show no preference between a longer but lower quality of life and a shorter time in full health.

TL;DR: Hip fracture has a substantial impact on older peoples’ medium- to longer-term abilities, function, quality of life and accommodation and future studies should measure impact on life participation and determine the proportion of people that regain their pre-fracture level of functioning to investigate strategies for improving these important outcomes.