Falls in Elderly and Telehealth: a Randomized Controlled Study

"The care model will provide 24/24 h assistance for six months and include:~Telephone Support: a nurse-tutor (NT) will follow-up the enrolled patients weekly mainly through scheduled appointments. NTs duties will be: 1 education (patients and family ' s health education on how to prevent falls, verification of the adherence to the pharmacological therapy, teaching on how to recognize problems that can conduct to falls) and 2. management. Occasional appointments will be required by patients on duty and managed by a nurse .~Telemonitoring: all patients will send proper biological traces and data will be registered on a personal health record.~Tele-exercise: Home exercises sessions will be provided by a DVD and monitored through a videoconference by a physiotherapist."