Certified Nursing Aides' and Care Assistants' Views on Falls: Insight for Creation and Implementation of Fall Prevention Programs

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 168-172

  Phillips, Victoria L ^a   Yarmo Roberts, Deborah ^b   Hunsaker, Amanda Egner ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted living facilities; care assistants; Certified nursing assistants; falls; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CERTIFICATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 39149089633     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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