Do behavioral disturbances predict falls among nursing home residents?

Aging - Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-256

  Sylliaas, Hilde ^a   Selbæk, Geir ^b   Bergland, Astrid ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b Ageing and Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioral symptoms; Falls; Nursing home; Sedatives

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY AND CORNELL SCALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL SELF MAINTENANCE SCALE; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE;

EID: 84868635019     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325253     Document Type: Article

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