VirtuSense Insights: Fall Prevention (2)
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Falls and Your Five Star Rating
A fall affects not only the resident who experiences it, but your staff who helps them recover from it, their family members who hear about it, and your quality metrics that..
The Importance of Lower Body Strength as We Age
Originally published August 2022. Updated August 2024. As we age, maintaining lower body strength becomes crucial for overall health and well-being. Proactive fall prevention for..
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5 Times Sit-to-Stand: A Predictor for Fall Risk
The five-times sit-to-stand test (5XSTS) is a standardized geriatric tool developed to assess specific sit-to-stand transfers and lower extremity strength. It has the potential to..
Clinical Significance of the TUG Assessment
TUG or Timed Up and Go is a standardized screening tool designed to measure the mobility and fall risk of older adults. It was originally introduced as the “get up and go” in 1986..
Gait Analysis: Why is Step Length Important?
In part one, we defined cadence and gait speed and how they impact falls. While these two variables have a high impact on fall risk, there are other variables that can be assessed..
The Lifecycle of Senior Living: An Ecosystem of Care
With VSTAlert’s new senior living functionality, VirtuSense has created fall prevention that extends to all stages of senior care. By blending the long-term effects of VSTBalance..
VSTAlert Features Tools to Manage Your Team
Having clear communication and collaboration with your team is vital for successful fall prevention in Senior Living, but it is challenging to keep teams aligned across different..
Changing Fall Prevention in Senior Living
Historically, fall prevention has been managed through risk reduction, reviewing past falls in team huddles, and putting more pressure on care teams to be everywhere at once. But..
Why Do Residents Fall in Senior Living? 3 Core Causes and Solutions
Originally published April 2022. Updated August 2024 Fall prevention in senior living communities is a complex challenge that requires a thorough understanding of various..
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