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Science of risk factors in fallers: impact of cognitive dysfunction

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2002

FE Shaw  and
RA Kenny
FE Shaw
Affiliation:
Birmingham University, UK.
RA Kenny
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, and MRC Development Centre for Clinical Brain Ageing, Newcastle General Hospital, UK.
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Older people with cognitive impairment and dementia are at increased risk of falls and their adverse consequences when compared with cognitively intact older adults. Using prospectively gathered data, approximately three-quarters of older people with cognitive impairment and dementia can expect to fall each year, double the fall-risk of cognitively normal older people. In addition, compared with their cognitively normal counterparts, people with cognitive impairment and dementia have an increased annual incidence of fractures, and are less likely to make a good functional recovery after a fall. The prevalence of dementia in the United Kingdom is about 5% of the population aged over 65, and 15% of those aged over 80. Falls in patients with cognitive impairment and dementia represent a significant health problem in the UK.

Type
Biological gerontology
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , November 2001 , pp. 299 - 309
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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