Fall Risk Identification and Management for Older Veterans

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not yet recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 108

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: - Screens positive for increased fall risk within GeriPACT, or generalPACT as needed, (answers yes to any of 3 screening questions) - 65 years of age and older - Positive screen on at least two fall risk factor assessments - Access to telehealth - Availability of an additional adult (e.g., caregiver or family member) to be present during the physical assessment Exclusion Criteria: - Life expectancy <12 months, as determined by PCP - Neurological diagnosis (e.g., cerebral vascular accident, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease) - Moderate cognitive impairment (<13 on telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-BLIND) or <18 on MoCA Full administered during clinic visit in the previous 3 months) - Unstable condition that precludes safe participation in structured exercise (e.g., recent deep vein thrombosis) if expected fall risk factor is physical, as determined by PCP or chart review - Participation in any intervention components of the FRIM model within the past 6 months - Currently using a wheelchair for mobilization

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participant recruitment;Participant retention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fall risk identification burden;Fall risk management burden;Theoretical framework of acceptability questionnaire;3 key questions;5 times sit to stand;Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly;Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions in older adults with high fall risk (STOPPFall);Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST);Unique number of falls.;Median cumulative number of falls;Time to first fall;Unique number of injurious falls;Median cumulative number of injurious falls;Time to first injurious fall