Utilization of the seniors falls investigation methodology to identify system-wide causes of falls in community-dwelling seniors

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 685-696

  Zecevic, Aleksandra A ^a   Salmoni, Alan W ^a   Lewko, John H ^b   Vandervoort, Anthoney A ^a   Speechley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident investigations; Human factors; Safety deficiencies; Swiss cheese model; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349464906     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp059     Document Type: Article

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