Falls in older people with dementia

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Shaw, Fiona E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Neurocardiovascular instability (syncope); Postural instability

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FALLING; FRACTURE; GAIT DISORDER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0042066447     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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