"is There a gun in the home?" assessing the risks of gun ownership in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1142-1146

  Pinholt, Ellen M ^a   Mitchell, Joshua D ^a   Butler, Jane H ^a   Kumar, Harjinder ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

competency for home health providers; gun ownership; gun safety; home safety checklist; workplace safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIREARM; GRANDPARENT; GUN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME SAFETY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; WEAPON; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

COMPETENCY FOR HOME HEALTH PROVIDERS; GUN OWNERSHIP; GUN SAFETY; HOME SAFETY CHECKLIST; WORKPLACE SAFETY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 84902358379     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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