Fall Prevention
Analysing changes in real-time data from wearables can help predict when a patient’s health is deteriorating and they are at risk of falling.
over 1 million people aged 65 & over fall every year (1 in 3)
with injuries to the hip (27%), head (23%) & arms (21%)
occurred at home (59%) or in an aged care facility (26%)
96,385 required hospitalisation
falls account for 10.5% of time people aged 65 & over spend in hospital.
Avg. time spent in hospital per person:
14.5 days
preventing just 5% of falls would save
almost 70,000 days in hospital per year
Source: AIHW