Citation

Bergeron CD, Friedman DB, Messias DK, Spencer SM, Miller SC. Health Care Women Int. 2016; 37(12): 1342-1356.

Affiliation

School of Public Health, Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07399332.2016.1173039

PMID

27050835

Abstract

In this descriptive qualitative research, we examined older women's responses and decisions after experiencing a fall. Falls were unexpected, sudden events that heightened these women's awareness of their physical, emotional, spiritual, and social independence. Interviewees reported assessing personal physical and emotional needs; feeling burdened by the extra work; trying to get back to normal; seeking and obtaining assistance and spiritual support; avoiding specific people, objects, and places; planning ahead; and putting the fall out of mind. Consideration of older women's post-fall responses and decisions should be incorporated into falls prevention and management programs, services, and clinical recommendations.

Language: en