Staying Safe at Home. Home environmental audit recommendations and uptake in an older population at high risk of falling

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-95

  Currin, Michelle L ^a   Comans, Tracy A ^b   Heathcote, Kathy ^b   Haines, Terry P ^c,d  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Southern Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Community health services; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUEENSLAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862187833     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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