Rate of accidental falls in institutionalised older people with and without cognitive impairment halved as a result of a staff-oriented intervention

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-310

  Bouwen, Anne ^a   De Lepeleire, Jan ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Dementia; Elderly; Staff oriented intervention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAFF TRAINING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NURSING CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 43149098513     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn053     Document Type: Article

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