Implementation and evaluation of a nursing home fall management program

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 342-349

  Rask, Kimberly ^a   Parmelee, Patricia A ^b,d   Taylor, Jo A ^c   Green, Diane ^a   Brown, Holly ^c,d   Hawley, Jonathan ^a   Schild, Laura ^a   Strothers III, Harry S ^e   Ouslander, Joseph G ^b,c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Nursing homes; Restraints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847295191     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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