Fall Prevention in Nursing Homes

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 693-704

  Becker, Clemens ^a   Rapp, Kilian ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falls; Fractures; Nursing home; Prevention

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77957742918     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2010.07.004     Document Type: Review

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