Effectiveness of an Ambient Intelligence Geriatric Management system (AmbIGeM) to prevent falls in older people in hospitals: the AmbIGeM stepped wedge randomised trial.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1082197

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Falls are common in hospitals, especially among older patients and those with cognitive impairment. We will investigate if our newly developed ambience intelligence geriatric management system (AmbiGeM), which recognises when patients are undertaking risky movements related to increased risk of falling (e.g. walking without a necessary aid), and alerts staff so that they could offer help earlier, could reduce the number of falls in hospitals and is acceptable to staff and patients and/or carers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,649,946.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geriatrics and Gerontology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

falls prevention | hospitals | injury prevention | older people | randomised trial

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