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Article History

Received: 21 March 2024

Accepted: 16 August 2024

First Online: 2 September 2024

Declarations

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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study protocol was reviewed by the Office of Research Ethics at Simon Fraser University (protocol number H21-00741), and by the equivalent review board in the Fraser Health Authority. Upon admission to the long-term care facilities, all residents provided permission (by themselves or via a proxy) for the facility to obtain video footage in common areas (e.g. lounges, dining halls and corridors) for safety purposes. Video footage of falls and corresponding fall incident reports were shared with our research team as secondary data. A separate consent was obtained from a subset of residents to access their medical records. This consent process was also reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Ethics at Simon Fraser University (approval number H21-00741), and the by the Fraser Health Authority.

: We have secured informed consent from all individuals whose images are shown in Fig. , or their proxy decision makers, using an institutional consent form approved by our Office of Research Ethics, for inclusion of their images in this publication.

: The authors declare no competing interests.