Older Adults' Perceptions of Clinical Fall Prevention Programs: A Qualitative Study
Objective. To investigate motivational factors and barriers to participating in fall risk assessment and management programs among diverse, low-income, community-dwelling older adults who had experienced a fall. Methods. Face-to-face interviews with 20 elderly who had accepted and 19 who had not acc...
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| author | Rebecca Calhoun Hendrika Meischke Kristen Hammerback Alex Bohl Pamela Poe Barbara Williams Elizabeth A. Phelan |
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| description | Objective. To investigate motivational factors and barriers to participating in fall risk assessment and management programs among diverse, low-income, community-dwelling older adults who had experienced a fall. Methods. Face-to-face interviews with 20 elderly who had accepted and 19 who had not accepted an invitation to an assessment by one of two fall prevention programs. Interviews covered healthy aging, core values, attributions/consequences of the fall, and barriers/benefits of fall prevention strategies and programs.
Results. Joiners and nonjoiners of fall prevention programs were similar in their experience of loss associated with aging, core values they expressed, and emotional response to falling. One difference was that those who participated endorsed that they “needed” the program, while those who did not participate expressed a lack of need. Conclusions. Interventions targeted at a high-risk group need to address individual beliefs as well as structural and social factors (transportation issues, social networks) to enhance participation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6cf7ed90dc4c40d3ad4e3866e2afbc892025-02-03T01:23:31ZengWileyJournal of Aging Research2090-22122011-01-01201110.4061/2011/867341867341Older Adults' Perceptions of Clinical Fall Prevention Programs: A Qualitative StudyRebecca Calhoun0Hendrika Meischke1Kristen Hammerback2Alex Bohl3Pamela Poe4Barbara Williams5Elizabeth A. Phelan6Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Humanities and Communication Arts, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney, PA 19319, USADepartment of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USAObjective. To investigate motivational factors and barriers to participating in fall risk assessment and management programs among diverse, low-income, community-dwelling older adults who had experienced a fall. Methods. Face-to-face interviews with 20 elderly who had accepted and 19 who had not accepted an invitation to an assessment by one of two fall prevention programs. Interviews covered healthy aging, core values, attributions/consequences of the fall, and barriers/benefits of fall prevention strategies and programs. Results. Joiners and nonjoiners of fall prevention programs were similar in their experience of loss associated with aging, core values they expressed, and emotional response to falling. One difference was that those who participated endorsed that they “needed” the program, while those who did not participate expressed a lack of need. Conclusions. Interventions targeted at a high-risk group need to address individual beliefs as well as structural and social factors (transportation issues, social networks) to enhance participation.http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/867341 |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca Calhoun Hendrika Meischke Kristen Hammerback Alex Bohl Pamela Poe Barbara Williams Elizabeth A. Phelan Older Adults' Perceptions of Clinical Fall Prevention Programs: A Qualitative Study Journal of Aging Research |
| title | Older Adults' Perceptions of Clinical Fall Prevention Programs: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full | Older Adults' Perceptions of Clinical Fall Prevention Programs: A Qualitative Study |
| title_fullStr | Older Adults' Perceptions of Clinical Fall Prevention Programs: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Older Adults' Perceptions of Clinical Fall Prevention Programs: A Qualitative Study |
| title_short | Older Adults' Perceptions of Clinical Fall Prevention Programs: A Qualitative Study |
| title_sort | older adults perceptions of clinical fall prevention programs a qualitative study |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/867341 |
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