The effect of visual impairment on patients' falls risk

Nursing Older People

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 16-21

  Newton, Mel ^a   Sanderson, Allyson ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Falls; Risk assessment; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; FALLING; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL DISORDER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84891534296     PISSN: 14720795     EISSN: 20478941     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nop2013.10.25.8.16.e489     Document Type: Article

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