An Occupational Therapy Fall Reduction Home Visit Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Hong Kong After an Emergency Department Visit for a Fall

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 364-372

  Chu, Mary Man Lai ^a   Fong, Kenneth Nai Kuen ^b   Lit, Albert Chau Hung ^c   Rainer, Timothy Hudson ^d   Cheng, Stella Wai Chee ^c   Au, Frederick Lap Yan ^d   Fung, Henry Kwok Kwong ^a   Wong, Chit Ming ^e   Tong, Hon Kuan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

emergency department; falls reduction; home visit; occupational therapy; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME VISIT; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENTIST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 85003481186     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14527     Document Type: Article

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