'Stops walking to talk': a simple measure of predicting falls in the frail elderly

• Published in: Australasian journal on ageing Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 97 - 99
• Main Authors: Nitz, Jennifer C., Thompson, Karen J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2003
• Subjects: Accidents; Aged; Aged care; Berg Balance Scale (BBS); Nursing homes; Risk; Surveys; Timed Up-and-Go (TUG)

Objective: To discover if the measure ‘stops walking to talk’ is a useful indicator of falls risk in the frail elderly in residential care. Method: Twelve frail elderly residents of care facilities were assessed for falls likelihood with the Timed Up‐and‐Go (TUG) and the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) tes...