Person-environment interactions contributing to nursing home resident falls

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 288-296

  Hill, Elizabeth E ^a   Nguyen, Tam H ^a   Shaha, Maya ^a,b   Wenzel, Jennifer A ^a   deForge, Bruce R ^c   Spellbring, Ann Marie ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre for Applied Research and Services   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Educator and Gerontology Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FALLING; FEMALE; FURNITURE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75749094798     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090527-02     Document Type: Article

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