Increasing access to advanced falls risk assessments for seniors living in supportive living settings using the ProMote virtual care platform.
This study has two main purposes:
1. To test if our virtual falls risk assessment works on 3 groups of people (healthy participants, community-dwelling seniors, & seniors living in supported living facilities).
2. To develop an exercise-based program to reduce the risk of falls.
To do this, we will complete a falls risk assessment on 25 healthy, 25 community-dwelling seniors, and 25 seniors in supported living facilities. We will use these results to develop several groups of falling risk. We will also develop an exercise program for the high-risk group. Participants in the high-risk group will then complete the exercise program for 3 months, after which we will re-assess their falling risk to see if there is a significant improvement.
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Participation Requirements
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Sex:
Female, Intersex, Any, Male -
Eligible Ages:
18 and up
Participation Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients ages of 18 and up who live in the community or in a supported living facility.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who are not able to communicate verbally or have language barriers. Those whose vision is so affected that they cannot interact with the expert clinician using the videoconferencing system.
Study Location
University of Alberta
University of AlbertaEdmonton, Alberta
Canada
Contact Study Team
- Study Sponsored By
- University of Alberta
- Participants Required
- More Information
- Study ID:
Pro00120849