Fall prevention in community-dwelling adults with mild to moderate cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundCognitive impairment (CI) increases an individual’s risk of falls due to the role cognition plays in gait control. Older adults with dementia fall 2–3 times more than cognitively healthy older adults and 60–80% of people with dementia fall annually. Practitioners require evidence-based fall prevention best practices to reduce the risk of falls in cognitively impaired adults living in the community.MethodsWe conducted a systematic …