Individual Factors of Fall According to Time of Day in a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly
[Purpose] The circumstances of falls in a residential care facility for the aged were investigated and analyzed according to the time of day, to clarify the characteristics of individual factors of falls. [Subjects and Methods] The first falls of 94 residents of a care facility in Fukushima City were investigated. Age, gender, height, weight, care level, activity category, dementia category, ADL assessment, grip strength, Hasegawa Scale, 10 meter gait, BPSD of the subjects, and the place of the fall were assessed and compared according to the time of the fall. [Result] There were 39 falls in the day (09:01~17:00) 32 falls in the evening (17:01~01:00) and 23 falls in the morning (01:01~09:00) Fallers in the morning period had significantly shorter height and BPSD nighttime insomnia, and a larger number of corridor falls. [Conclusion] Short subjects with nighttime insomnia using corridors in the small hours and early morning have a high risk of fall, and therefore require attention.