Bed-exit alarm effectiveness

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-31

  Capezuti, Elizabeth ^a   Brush, Barbara L ^b   Lane, Stephen ^c   Rabinowitz, Hannah U ^d   Secic, Michelle ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c Amron Corporation   (United States)

^d Aventura Hospital   (United States)

^e Secic Statistical Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed and mattresses; Bed exit alarm; Falls of elderly; Nursing homes; Physical restraint; Side rail

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDS; DEMENTIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67349278154     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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