Home care clients' participation in fall prevention activities

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-42

  Smith, Joanna ^a   Lewin, Gill ^a  

^a Silver Chain   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Attitudes; Behaviour; Fall prevention; Home care

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME ACCIDENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 39149134927     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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