Patient/caregiver was educated that falls & accidents in seniors could result from one or many of the following reasons: Motor weakness: Age-related degeneration of muscle tissue and loss of muscle tone can contribute to progressive motor weakness, resulting in serious fall incidents in senior citizens. Sudden change of position: Blood supply to the head and brain tend to suffer in sudden standing position, as blood tends to pool heavily in lower extremities and must travel [...]

Patient/caregiver was instructed upon risk factors and causes for head injury as follows: Falls and accidents: Falls & accidents are the most common cause of head injury in senior citizens, bumping their head onto some hard surface, such as, a wall or floor. The injury can be mild to severe during a fall. When the injury is mild, the individual can suffer a mild skin bruise with some minimal swelling of the head at the [...]

Patient/caregiver was instructed upon pathophysiology of head injury as follows: Head injuries can be broadly classified into closed and open. Closed head injuries are more common in general. A closed head injury is any injury in which the skull remains intact, such as, a bruise or a small bump. An open head injury is a severe injury in which the skull is broken, and the injury affects the brain, such as, a gunshot wound. Severity [...]