INCIDENCE OF FALLS IN THE ELDERLY POPULATION UČESTALOST PADOVA KOD STARIH
Contemporary societies are facing high increase of population over 65 years of age within the total population. It is a result of lifespan extension, advances in medicine and science in general, improvement of quality of life, etc. [1]. The elderly represent a vulnerable population group whose needs are numerous, diverse and highly specific. Health, social and economic needs of this category are intertwined and mutually connected as a whole, which requires specific approaches and adjustment of work in family medicine to these needs. High incidence of chronic and degenerative diseases leads to progressive decrease of functional skills in physical, psychological, but also in all other aspects of life [2, 3]. University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina Original study Faculty of Medicine, Foča, Republic of Srpska1 Originalni naučni rad UDK 616-001-084-053.9:613.98 https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS1710277P