The Nightlight Falls Prevention Study

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL · Jul 31, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

Falls are the primary cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among persons 65 years of age and older. Dementia is a major risk factors for falls, and assisted living (AL) communities are the primary provider of residential care for ambulatory older adults with dementia, making AL a critical setting in which to reduce falls. Forty-two percent of the more than 811,000 AL residents across the U.S. have moderate or severe dementia, 84% are ambulatory, and more than a third experience a fall in a six-month period, putting them among the 15% of AL residents who suffer a hip fracture or other serio...

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Has a diagnosis of dementia
• • Lives in a participating AL community
• • Not blind
• • Not on hospice and in a worsening state
• • Not expected to die or transfer during the next 6 months
• • Reside in a private room; or reside in a shared room if
• • 1. one resident is male and one is female and both are participating in the project, or
• • 2. they are of any gender, as long as there is a wall divider between their bedrooms
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • None