Medicina Fluminensis, Vol. 61 No. 2, 2025.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.21860/medflum2025_330047
Falls in the Third Age of Life – Public Health Perspective and Challenges for the Future
Rene Car Gunčić
; Poliklinika Croatia, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Mirela Vučković
; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Fakultet zdravstvenih studija, Katedra za fizioterapiju, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Deea Budimir
; Dom zdravlja Splitsko-dalmatinske županije, Split, Hrvatska
Rea Budimir Medić
; Budimir servis d.o.o., Split, Hrvatska
Verner Marijančić
; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Fakultet zdravstvenih studija, Katedra za fizioterapiju, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Iva Sorta-Bilajac Turina
; Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo Primorsko-goranske županije, Odjel za javno zdravstvo, Rijeka, Hrvatska; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Medicinski fakultet, Katedra za zdravstvenu ekologiju, Rijeka, Hrvatska
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* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Falls and fall-related injuries in the elderly population represent a major public health challenge both in Croatia and in the world. They cause the greatest number of hospitalizations, long-term hospital treatment, disability and can lead to death. As many as 30% of people over 65 and 50% of people over 80 experience at least one fall a year. In Croatia, in people over 65 years, 64.1% of hospitalizations are caused by injuries resulting from falls, which is also the leading cause of death. Physiotherapy prevention of falls and consequences is an unavoidable example of an integrated person-centred care process and requires a larger workforce and restructuring of services.
Keywords
accidental falls; aging; physical therapist; public health; quality of life
Hrčak ID:
330047
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Publication date:
1.6.2025.
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