Living alone as a red flag sign of falls among older people in rural Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 76-79

  Lee, Wei Ju ^a,b   Cheng, Yuan Yang ^a   Liu, Jin Yi ^a   Yang, Kai Chun ^a   Jeng, Shaw Yeu ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compressive geriatric assessment; Fall; Geriatric evaluation and management; Solitary living

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING;

EID: 80053575728     PISSN: 22108335     EISSN: 22108343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcgg.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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