Near-falls and falls detection system

老年人经常摔倒。跌倒会影响老年人的生活质量，影响他们独自生活的能力。在加拿大老年人被送往医院的所有伤害中，85%是由跌倒引起的，在所有髋部骨折中，有90%是由跌倒造成的；40%的养老院安置是由跌倒造成的。本研究旨在建立一套“近距离跌倒及跌倒侦测系统”。该系统由年长的成年人佩戴，收集有关个人的数据。然后，医生和其他人可以使用这些数据来评估险些跌倒(几乎跌倒)或跌倒。能够正确地检测到险些摔倒很重要，原因有几个：(1)随着时间的推移，许多几乎跌倒的人会增加老年人跌倒的风险；(2)了解老年人险些摔倒时会发生什么，为医生和其他人提供防止未来严重跌倒的关键数据；以及(3)评估险些摔倒和摔倒的方法取决于人能否回忆起事件。加拿大人正在变老。研究成果将在老年人预防和治疗跌倒、提高生活质量、减少伤亡方面发挥作用，并可能导致更少的医院就诊，更少的残疾老年人，以及医疗成本的节省。

Older adults often fall. Falls have an effect on seniors' quality of life and them being able to live alone. Falls cause 85% of all injuries that send Canadian seniors to the hospital and 90% of all hip fractures; and, result in 40% of nursing home placements. The purpose of this research is to build a "near-falls and falls detection system." The system is worn by an older adult and collects data about the person. Doctors and others can then use the data to assess a near fall (an almost fall) or fall. Being able to correctly detect near falls is important for a few reasons: (1) many almost falls over time raises an older adult's fall risk; (2) knowing what happens when a senior almost falls gives doctors and others key data to prevent a future serious fall; and, (3) ways of assessing an almost fall and fall rely on the person being able to recall the event. Canadians are getting older. The research results will play a role in the care of older adults in the areas of preventing and treating falls, improving quality of life, and decreasing injuries and death, and may result in less hospital visits, fewer disabled seniors, and health care cost savings.