Caregiver fear of falling and functional ability among seniors residing in long-term care facilities

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 460-467

  Dever Fitzgerald, Theresa G ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^a   MacNab, Ying C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Falls, older adults; Fear avoidance; Fear of falling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEAR; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 68349096300     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000221007     Document Type: Article

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