Falls and fear of falling among community-dwelling seniors: The dynamic tension between exercising precaution and striving for independence

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-318

  Ward Griffin, Catherine ^a   Hobson, Sandra ^a   Melles, Pauline ^b   Kloseck, Marita ^a   Vandervoort, Anthony ^a   Crilly, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Falls; Health promotion; Injury prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; FALLING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENESCENCE;

EID: 13944260107     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2005.0028     Document Type: Article

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