Falls among the elderly

Topka Weronika, Kwiatkowska Małgorzata, Skierkowska Natalia, Prylińska Monika, Gajos Wiktoria. Falls among the elderly. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2020;10(9):614-618. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2020.10.09.073 https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2020.10.09.073 https://zenodo.org/record/4046516 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2020; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 17.09.2020. Revised: 23.09.2020. Accepted: 23.09.2020. Falls among the elderly Weronika Topka1, Małgorzata Kwiatkowska1, Natalia Skierkowska1, Monika Prylińska2, Wiktoria Gajos3 1. Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Department of Geriatrics Clinic, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland 2. Division of Ergonomics and Exercise Physiology, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Ergonomics and Postgraduate Education, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland 3. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering University of Technology and Life Sciences J.J Śniadeckich Summary Falls are a significant problem among the elderly. Every third person falls at least once a year. Falls lead to injuries, limiting the mobility of the elderly. As a result of falls, serious fractures occur, which cause hospitalization and are the main cause of death due to accidents. The causes of falls are complex and most often arise from several overlapping factors. Efforts should be made to eliminate external factors in order to minimize the risk of falling among people over 60 years of age. Daily physical activity, individual assessment of risk factors and optimal adaptation of the environment play an important role in preventing falls. The aim of the study was to discuss the problem of falls in the population of geriatric patients. Key words: falls, the elderly, prevention, causes of fall