Person-Environment Interactions Contributing to Nursing Home Resident Falls
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Falls in the nursing home.
OBJECTIVE To review the epidemiology and causes of falls and fall-related injuries in nursing homes and to provide clinicians with a structured framework to evaluate and treat nursing home residents at risk for falls. DATA SOURCES All large-scale published studies documenting incidence, causes, risk factors, and preventive strategies for falls in nursing homes were reviewed. RESULTS The mea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Research in Gerontological Nursing
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1940-4921,1938-2464
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090527-02