- Title
- Caregivers' Falls Concern for Older Persons in the Singapore Community
- Creator
- Ang, Seng Giap Marcus; Wilson, Amanda; O'Brien, Anthony Paul
- Relation
- GSTF Journal of Nursing and Health Care Vol. 5, Issue 1
- Relation
- http://dl6.globalstf.org/index.php/jnhc/article/view/2011
- Publisher
- Global Science and Technology Forum
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- This paper discusses the prevalence of caregivers' concern, its impact on fall prevention strategies, falls risk awareness among older persons, clinical points, and study potential. Older persons suffering from fall-related psychological concerns such as fear of falling has been well established in previous research, however little is known about caregivers' falls concern in its relationship with the risk of older persons falling. In Singapore, families are regarded as the fundamental support system for older people. The potential influence of caregivers' concern on the outcome of fall prevention strategies and falls risk awareness of older persons is expected given their significant involvement in the older persons' care. However, it is difficult to accurately appreciate the impact of caregivers' falls concern on the risk of falls among older persons in the local community given the Singaporean cultural differences and the dearth of Singaporean research on caregiver's concern. It is promulgated in this paper that further research should address the impact of caregivers' falls concern on fall-related issues associated with caring for an older person at risk of falling.
- Subject
- caregivers; older persons; falls concern; Singapore
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1460206
- Identifier
- uon:45894
- Identifier
- ISSN:2345-7198
- Rights
- ©The Author(s) 2018. This article is published with open access by the GSTF.
- Language
- eng
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