Demonstration program: An interdisciplinary approach at a falls and mobility clinic

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 27-32

  Foster, Emerald ^a   Hillegass III, Louis J ^b   Phillips, Steven L ^c  

^a Southwest Medical Associates   (United States)

^b IHS Therapy Network

^c Sierra Health Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GLIPIZIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METOPROLOL; PARACETAMOL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; TEMAZEPAM; TERAZOSIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATIENT MOBILITY; POLYPHARMACY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEAMWORK;

EID: 2942566107     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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