gloriacao/Datachallenge_

Dataset Card for Falls experienced by older adult residents in long-term care homes

The dataset contains videos of real falls experienced by older adult residents of long-term care homes.

Dataset Details

Dataset Description

The dataset contains a total of 300 videos of real-life falls experienced by 118 adults. The falls happened in two long-term care facilities in british Columbia, in common areas such as lounges, dining rooms and hallways. No cameras were allowed in bedrooms and bathrooms. A total of 98 participants gave permission to share the videos and their medical records with the researchers. 14 participants consented to sharing their videos publicly, thus resulting in 28 videos available to the public. 15 falls were experienced by women and 13 by men from age 64 to 95. The dataset includes people using mobilityaides, such as wheelchairs and zimmer frames). The dataset includes images of stumbles and falls.

• Curated by: Stephen Robinovitch
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0)

Uses

Direct Use

The dataset is used for training an image classifier model to distinguish falls and non falls, detecting where intervention is necessary or not.

Out-of-Scope Use

This dataset shouldn't be used as the sole basis for real-world decision making.

Dataset Structure

The dataset is made of folders which contain a video (.mp4) file each, capturing a single fall event. For falls captured by more camera angles, the different views have been put together into a single video file. Each folder contains a file informing about the fall event. Data columns such as "Video Identifier", "Participant identifier", "Views" (number of camera views of the fall), "Age", "Sex", "Height", "Weight", "Cause of fall", etc. are included in a reduced spreadsheet containing the 28 publicly shared videos.

Personal and Sensitive Information

The dataset only contains the videos of people who consented to their publication, therefore respecting participants' consent.

Bias, Risks, and Limitations

This dataset contains videos of older adults living in long-term care facilities, which may limit the generalizability of models trained on this data to younger individuals or people living independently, since the dataset doesn't reflect the variety of real-life scenarios.

Recommendations

Users should be aware of the biases, risks and limitations of the dataset.

Citation

BibTeX:

@misc_Robinovitch_2018, author = Robinovitch, Stephen, title = Falls Experienced by Older Adult Residents in Long-Term Care Homes, place = New York, publisher = Databrary, year = 2018, pages = n/a, url = https://databrary.org/volume/739, note = Retrieved March 7, 2026 } APA:

Robinovitch, S. (2018). Falls experienced by older adult residents in long-term care homes. Databrary. Retrieved March 7, 2026 from https://databrary.org/volume/739.