Falls are very common among older adults but often go unreported or untreated by healthcare providers for many reasons. Patients may feel like falls are just part of normal aging. Providers may feel a sense of nihilism, that there just isn’t anything they can do to decrease the risk of falling. This GedriPal podcast discusses this top with Sarah Berry, Geriatrician at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston including: why should we care about falls, what are ways we should screen for falls, what are evidence based interventions to decrease the risk of falls, how should we assess for fracture risk, what are some evidence-based ways to decrease fracture risk, when should we prescribe vs deprescribe bisphosphonate therapy, and how does life expectancy fit in with all of this?
Link: GeriPal Podcasts (11/2024)
