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Falls. Prevention and management in the institutional setting.

J Rhymes1, R Jaeger.   

Abstract

Falls are more common among nursing home than community dwelling elderly and more often result in serious injury among the nursing home population. This article reviews the epidemiology of falls in the long-term care setting, identifies risk factors associated with falling in the nursing home, and discusses possible interventions for those at high risk of falling.

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Year:  1988        PMID： 3136903

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Geriatr Med        ISSN： 0749-0690            Impact factor:   3.076


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