Preventing falls and fractures in long-term care

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 346-360

  Wallis, Stephen J ^a   Campbell, Gordon A ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accidental falls; residential facilities

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; DENOSUMAB; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STRONTIUM RANELATE; VITAMIN D; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BODY POSTURE; BUILDING; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LEG LENGTH; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIMED GET UP AND GO TEST; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84856394994     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259811000104     Document Type: Review

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