Falls Prevention for Older Adults

Peggy B Leung; Jason T Alexander; Karin E Ouchida

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.26942

Falls Prevention for Older Adults

JAMA. 2024 Apr 23;331(16):1409-1410. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.26942.

Authors

Peggy B Leung¹, Jason T Alexander², Karin E Ouchida³

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
² Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

PMID: 38536162
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.26942

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This article summarizes a 2022 clinical practice guideline on falls prevention and management in older adults from the World Falls Guidelines Initiative.

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls* / prevention & control
Aged
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*