Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Intervention Program for Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture
Brief Summary: Specific Aims

The long-term objective of this study is to examine the effectiveness of an intervention program for older patients with hip fracture. First, an intervention program for elderly patients with hip fracture will be developed and implemented, then, the effectiveness of the intervention program will be examined. The specific aims are as follows:

1. To develop a well conceived and feasible protocol of hospital discharge and sub-acute care that involves the coordinated work of health care professionals (physicians, surgeons, nurses, and physical therapists) and the informal caregivers. The feasibility of implementing such a protocol within the context of an intervention study subject to the constraints of the clinical setting (i.e., CGMH) will be evaluated in a pilot study.
2. To conduct a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the outcomes and costs associated with the proposed hospital discharge/sub-acute care protocol for elderly patients with hip fracture. Both experimental and case study methods will be used. Information on outcome indicators including clinical outcomes, quality of life, self-care ability, family caregiving outcomes, patient and caregiver satisfaction, and services utilization will be collected and compared between the control group and the experimental group.
3. To conduct a validation clinical trial to verify the results of the primary randomized clinical trial and increase the generalization of the study findings.
4. To estimate the cost of this care model and its variations for individual patients.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Must be English speaking
* 75 years of age and over
* Newly referred to and eligible for personal support services
* Living at home in the community
* Identified as being at risk for falls

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refusal to give informed consent
* Unable to read/write English and a translator is not available
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* 65 years of age or older
* home-dweller
* having fallen at least once during the previous 12 months
* at least moderate cognitive abilities (MMSE over 17)
* able to walk 10 metres independently

Exclusion Criteria:

* MMSE under 17
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged 65 years and over
* Patients with a high risk profile (at least one fall event in the last 12 months, Berg scale score ≤ 45 and at least one fall event during in-hospital stay) of recurrent falling
* Patients discharged from the Institute of Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS after a period of rehabilitation and living independently

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients' inability to sign the informed consent
* Patients living in a nursing home
* Patients permanently bedridden or fully dependent on a wheelchair
* Patients with cancer
* Patients with Mini Mental Examination State (MMSE) \< 18
* Patients with MMSE \< 24 lacking of caregiver at home
* Patients with neurological impairment (i.e. aphasia and neglect)
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 60 years or older
* Admitted from emergency room due to hip fracture
* Receiving hip arthroplasty or internal fixation
* Living in northern Taiwan

Exclusion Criteria:

* Severely cognitively impaired and completely unable to follow orders
* Terminally ill

Answer: D