Hosseini Hengameh, Hosseini Nooshin
King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hosp Top. 2008 Summer;86(3):15-20. doi: 10.3200/HTPS.86.3.15-20.
The authors examine the problem of falls among the elderly. Due to the steadily increasing 65-and-older population, focus on prevention rather than treatment of falls among them has beneficial economic consequences. The authors discuss possible strategies for preventing such falls. Specifically, they argue that people must use the community organization model to form successful strategies because prevention programs cannot succeed without the participation and support of many individuals and organizations throughout an elderly person's social networks and throughout society.
作者们研究了老年人跌倒的问题。由于65岁及以上人口稳步增长，关注老年人跌倒的预防而非治疗具有有益的经济影响。作者们讨论了预防此类跌倒的可能策略。具体而言，他们认为人们必须采用社区组织模式来形成成功的策略，因为如果没有老年人社交网络及整个社会中众多个人和组织的参与与支持，预防项目就无法成功。
