Falls of elderly rural home health clients

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 41-51

  Isberner, Fred ^a   Ritzel, Dale ^b   Sarvela, Paul ^c   Brown, Kristine ^d   Hu, Ping ^e   Newbolds, Debbie ^f  

^a Mailcode 6615   (United States)

^b Department of Health Education and Recreation ^*  (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Quality of Life Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING; DRUG THERAPY; FALLING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG THERAPY; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LIGHTING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031603787     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v17n02_03     Document Type: Article

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