Falls in the Nursing Home: Are they preventable?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Vu, Man Quang ^a   Weintraub, Nancy ^b,c   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Sepulveda VA GRECC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FALLING; FRACTURE; GAIT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK REDUCTION; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURE; HOME FOR THE AGED; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

DRUG;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18344394003     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.03.039     Document Type: Article

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