Predictors of serious consequences of falls in residential aged care: Analysis of more than 70,000 falls from residents of bavarian nursing homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 559-563

  Büchele, Gisela ^a   Becker, Clemens ^b   Cameron, Ian D ^c   König, Hans Helmut ^d   Robinovitch, Stephen ^e   Rapp, Kilian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Nursing home; Resident characteristics; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; GERIATRIC CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RESIDENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84905026007     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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