Management of orthostatic hypotension, autonomic symptoms, depression, and physical activity are proposed as key strategies to reduce falls in dementia patients, warranting future randomized controlled trials.
The management of symptomatic orthostatic hypotension, autonomic symptoms and depression, and the encouragement of physical activity may provide the core elements for the most fruitful strategy to reduce falls in people with dementia. Randomised controlled trials to assess such a strategy are a priority.
Allan et al. (Tue,) studied this question.