How can nursing homes make use of the guideline: "Prevention of fall incidents in the elderly" by the Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement (CBO)?;CBO Richtlijn Preventie van valincidenten bij ouderen: Wat kunnen verpleeghuizen hiermee?

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 155-160

  Neyens, J C L ^a,b,f   Dijcks, B P J ^b   De Kinkelder, A ^a   Graafmams, W C ^c   Schols, J M G A ^d,e  

^a Verpleeghuis de Riethorst   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGING; ARTICLE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 24944437026     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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