A protocol for an individualised, facilitated and sustainable approach to implementing current evidence in preventing falls in residential aged care facilities

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Haralambous, Betty ^a   Haines, Terry P ^b,c,d   Hill, Keith ^a,e   Moore, Kirsten ^a,f   Nitz, Jennifer ^d   Robinson, Andrew ^g  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Kingston Centre   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FALLING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 77949460994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-8     Document Type: Article

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