Progressive Resistance and Balance Training for Falls Prevention in Long-Term Residential Aged Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial of the Sunbeam Program

• Published in: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association Vol. 19; no. 4; p. 361
• Main Authors: Hewitt, Jennifer, Goodall, Stephen, Clemson, Lindy, Henwood, Timothy, Refshauge, Kathryn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Nursing care facility; exercise; training; falls prevention; quality of life

Falls prevention is an international priority, and residents of long-term aged care fall approximately 3 times more often than community dwellers. There is a relative scarcity of published trials in this setting. Our objective was to undertake a randomized controlled trial to test the effect of publ...