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Twin Contributors to the Physiology of Ambulatory Wellbeing and Falls Prevention in Ageing Populations: Functional Senescence and Abnormal Pathological Change

Twin Contributors to the Physiology of Ambulatory Wellbeing and Falls Prevention in Ageing Populations: Functional Senescence and Abnormal Pathological Change

Catherine Hayes
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781668452950|ISBN10: 1668452952|EISBN13: 9781668452967
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5295-0.ch066
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Hayes, Catherine. "Twin Contributors to the Physiology of Ambulatory Wellbeing and Falls Prevention in Ageing Populations: Functional Senescence and Abnormal Pathological Change." Research Anthology on Supporting Healthy Aging in a Digital Society, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 1195-1214. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5295-0.ch066

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Hayes, C. (2022). Twin Contributors to the Physiology of Ambulatory Wellbeing and Falls Prevention in Ageing Populations: Functional Senescence and Abnormal Pathological Change. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Supporting Healthy Aging in a Digital Society (pp. 1195-1214). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5295-0.ch066

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Hayes, Catherine. "Twin Contributors to the Physiology of Ambulatory Wellbeing and Falls Prevention in Ageing Populations: Functional Senescence and Abnormal Pathological Change." In Research Anthology on Supporting Healthy Aging in a Digital Society, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1195-1214. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5295-0.ch066

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Abstract

Being able to theoretically underpin the gerontology of ageing is a fundamental part of designing and constructing bespoke research and care interventions for the exploration of fall prevention in practice. Within the context of home care and community-based settings being able to integrate fall prevention into the integrated care that older people receive, their ambulation, health, and wellbeing, and subsequently their longevity in senior years, can be extended and sustained in terms of quality and satisfaction. This chapter contextualises and frames falls and fall injuries as a societal challenge by deconstructing the characteristic physiological processes of senescence and identifying key areas for fundamental address in the prevention of falls ‘in situ'. The chapter's focus is predominantly aligned to those processes of natural senescence aligned with normal ageing processes, alongside those pathologies which constitute abnormal pathological processes, which occur more often in older adults as a consequence of these processes of senescence.

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