Potential analysis for research on occupational therapy-led physical exercise programmes and home environment adaptation programmes to prevent falls for elderly people living at home / Potenzialanalyse zu ergotherapeutischen körperlichen Trainingsprogrammen und Wohnraumanpassungen zur Vermeidung von Stürzen bei zu Hause lebenden älteren Menschen

Abstract

In Germany, four to five million community-dwelling people aged 65 years or older fall every year. The presented potential analysis evaluates the potential of occupational therapy-led physical exercise programs and home environment adaptations to reduce the frequency of falling and as well as intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for falling of older people living at home.

Keywords

• occupational therapy
• prevention
• prevention falls
• home environment adaptation programme
• physical exercise programme
• knowledge transfer
• potential analysis
• ergotherapie
• prävention
• sturzprophylaxe
• wohnraumanpassung
• körperliche trainingsprogramme
• wissenstransfer
• potenzialanalyse