Development and Evaluation of a Falls Management DVD resource for people with a neurodegenerative disease
Guided exercise for falls has been found to reduce the number of falls by 31% in elderly people compliant with falls management exercise programs. Effective, sustainable, low cost programmes (including exercise videos for home use), introduced through community –based organisations, have also been found to reduce the incidence of slips, trips and falls. The technology capabilities of DVD (use of sub-titles, music and rhythm, demonstration and structuring of content) make it a useful format to facilitate usability for people with HD. The purpose of the research is to develop and evaluate a low cost, sustainable falls DVD resource for people with HD. To ensure applicability of the DVD to people with neurodegenerative conditions, specific adaptations (based on the requirements of users, carers and health professionals as identified form this research) will be applied at the production stage. The associated usability ands acceptability of the developed DVD will also be evaluated.