Senior Balance Exercises Help Lower Readmission Rates

Improve Mobility With Senior Balance Exercises

By Suzanne Stoke, Physical Therapist @ Exercise For Balance via www.exerciseforbalance.com

    Healthcare professionals have found that performing senior balance exercises as a regular part of your daily routine can help enhance mobility and lower readmission rates for hospital stays.    Please see  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Recently, as part of its effort to emphasize quality care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has established readmission rates to hospitals  and care centers as a way to measure performance for inpatient rehabilitation facilities. Medical researchers have published a recent paper with details of a  new study of such readmissions for Medicare fee-for-service patients. The researchers  found the rate of return to the facility within 30 days is the lowest – 6 percent - for those who had joints replaced in their lower extremities and highest – 20 percent - for those treated for debility (decreased mobility, poor balance, weakness or feebleness). Readmission rates were examined for the 6 most common reasons for receiving inpatient rehabilitation: stroke, lower extremity fracture, lower extremity joint replacement, neurologic disorders, brain dysfunction and debility. Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, Ph.D., of the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, and colleagues conducted the study to determine 30-day readmission rates and factors related to readmission for patients receiving postacute inpatient rehabilitation. One way of reducing the readmission rates for older adults is to practice senior balance exercises in the facility and at home to improve balance and reduce the incidence of falling, which can lead to some of the common reasons listed for inpatient rehabilitation including lower extremity fracture, lower extremity joint replacement.

Senior Balance Exercises Can Reduce Readmission Rates

    Medical professionals agree that practicing senior balance exercises is one of the best ways to maximize balance abilities and diminish the possibility of falling and ending up in the hospital. By routinely rehearsing equilibrium exercises, an older individual can strengthening their balance reactions and enhance the muscle strength in the legs needed for steadiness. Having good stability is a prerequisite for advancing mobility and decreasing the potential of having a readmission to the hospital after an illness. thankfully, now aging adults can practice specific stability techniques and senior balance exercises in the convenience of their own home by following the instruction of a knowledgeable physical therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To keep from falling and ending up in a hospital, begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The easy to follow Balance DVD is the perfect instructional DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The step by step Balance DVD is filled with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like dancing and hiking. In the Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, balance techniques and balance routines from a balance trainer (licensed Physical Therapist) who has worked with balance and dizziness disorders for over 20 years. Get your copy of the Exercise For Balance DVD by clicking on the BUY NOW button

Stay out of the hospital by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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