Nursing

Week 9 Post Student’s Name Institution Course Code: Course Name Professor’s Name Submission Date Proposed Practice Question What is the effectiveness of individualized, supervised home-based multifactorial fall prevention programs, including fall risk assessment, exercise training, home modifications, and medication review, in reducing the rate of falls by 30% or more compared to usual care among community-dwelling older adults aged 65+ in high-income countries over a period of 12 months or more? PICOT Format P (Population): Older adults (aged 65 and above) residing within the community I (Intervention): Individualized multifactorial fall prevention programs C (Comparison): Usual care or non-individualized fall prevention advice O (Outcome): A drop in the rate of falls and repeated falls T (Time): 12 months or longer Search Strategies An initial search was conducted in PubMed to identify research on fall prevention strategies among elderly patients in long-term care facilities. This database was appropriate as it contains peer-reviewed literature across health fie...