Falls are a fact of life for some patients after discharge from a rehabilitation programme

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1354-1363

  Worley, Anthea ^a   Barras, Sarah ^a,b   Grimmer Somers, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Donvale Rehabilitation Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls prevalence; Quality of life; Risk profile for diagnostic groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77953576822     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903514754     Document Type: Article

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