{"id":118832,"date":"2021-03-29T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=118832"},"modified":"2021-03-29T10:11:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:11:10","slug":"a-holistic-look-at-aging-populations-technology-to-anticipate-fall-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/a-holistic-look-at-aging-populations-technology-to-anticipate-fall-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"A Holistic Look at Aging Populations: Technology to Anticipate Fall Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nursing Assistant Professor Ladda Thiamwong works with elderly patients and tackles one of the most pressing issues facing this population: the mental and physical instability surrounding life-threatening falls.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, Thiamwong has developed a treatment regiment for aging patients, which assesses not only their physical abilities but their perceptions about falling.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a holistic approach she began investigating 15 years ago as a nurse in Thailand and which she has now continued at UCF. The National Institutes of Aging awarded her a $149,000 grant in September 2020 to study this phenomena during the course of two years.<\/p>\n<p>She has developed an assessment tool that uses portable sensors to monitor a patient\u2019s physical activity. At the same time, she administers a survey to gauge the patient\u2019s beliefs about their likelihood of falling.<\/p>\n<p>Gauging a patient\u2019s physical ability as well as mental processes gives her a better grasp on how to shape a patient\u2019s treatment plan, which best prevents their falling. Much research conducted in this field looks primarily to physical indicators of a patient\u2019s body, but for many patients this is not the only factor that shapes their perception on how likely they are to fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatients often live in fear of falling and will withdraw from their day-to-day activities because of it,\u201d she says. \u201cPerception and physical functionality work together with this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118834\" style=\"max-width: 240px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-medium wp-image-118834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-240x300.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-640x800.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-410x512.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-288x360.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-medium wp-image-118834 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20240%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20240%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-640x800.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-410x512.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-288x360.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1.jpg 1200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/WEBLaddaThiamwong_8x10-1-240x300.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Nursing Assistant Professor Ladda Thiamwong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the physical assessment indicates the likelihood of a patient falling, it points out where the patient\u2019s own concerns or lack thereof may not match up to their actual physical abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Thiamwong hopes to serve poor elderly communities in particular through this research, as she has seen the ways in which poverty leads to lack of proper medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding the aging population\u2019s mental state is critical for good care, she says. That\u2019s why she is so passionate about her study and <a href=\"https:\/\/nursing.ucf.edu\">properly training the next generation of nurses<\/a> to look at the the bigger picture of a patient\u2019s wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to just bring about new technology,\u201d says Thiamwong. \u201cI want to increase the respect of the knowledge and history of the elderly population and the role they can play in their health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The inspiration for Thiamwong is her own mother, a woman who has always encouraged her to rise to the challenge. Despite lacking access to education, her mother has always pushed Thiamwong to never take no for an answer. She has taken this in stride and was the first in her family to graduate from college and move to a new country. Being a woman has presented many professional challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to fight for what I have,\u201d she says. \u201cAs a woman it is possible to be a leader if you have a firm grasp on what you want to do and show others that you can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her work has been recognized both in the academic world through grants and in her ability to mentor and teach. In 2019 she received UCF\u2019s Excellence in Research Award and the following year she received the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to do the best that I can,\u201d she says. \u201cUCF has provided me with a lot of opportunities to learn but I had to choose to work hard and now I can say I have made the best of those opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Women\u2019s History Month, UCF is sharing stories of some of the many extraordinary women on campus contributing\u00a0to the advancement of science and enriching our lives through creative 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