People living with dementia are more likely to experience falls and severe outcomes following a fall than people without dementia.
This study focused on almost 19,600 people living with dementia who were hospitalised for a fall in 2019, and 113,000 people living with dementia who had no record of a hospitalised fall.
The study explored the presence of health-related risk factors before a hospitalised fall and health outcomes following that fall.
- Cat. no: DEM 12
Findings from this report:
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High blood pressure and polypharmacy were common risk factors for first hospitalised falls among people with dementia
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1 in 4 people living in the community with dementia & multiple other health conditions had a first hospitalised fall
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9 in 10 people living with dementia in residential aged care who had a first fall hospitalisation had an injury recorded
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Entering residential aged care after experiencing a first hospitalised fall was common among people living with dementia