An evaluation of a monitoring system intervention: Falls, injuries, and affect in nursing homes

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-335

  Holmes, Douglas ^a   Teresi, Jeanne A ^a   Ramirez, Mildred ^b   Ellis, Julie ^c   Eimicke, Joseph ^b   Kong, Jian ^b   Orzechowska, Lucja ^b   Silver, Stephanie ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Hebrew Home for the Aged   (United States)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Affect; Nursing homes; Technology

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NIGHT CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 35448952958     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773807307870     Document Type: Article

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