Fall Prevention and Monitoring of Assisted Living Patients: An Exploratory Study of Physician Perspectives

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 429-433

  Nyrop, Kirsten A ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^a   Sloane, Philip D ^a,b   Bangdiwala, Srikant ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; Fall prevention; Physician perspectives; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BELIEF; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861655360     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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