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The nature of falling among community dwelling seniors
Author(s)	Elaine M Gallagher, Mike Hunter, Victoria J Scott
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 18, no 3, Fall 1999
Pages	pp 348-362
Keywords	Falls ; Living in the community ; Social surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	This paper analyses data on falls from a 1995 random survey of 1,285 older people living in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. In the preceding six months, 16.5% reported falling at least once. The overall rate for women was 18.6% compared with 13.3% for men. The study also examined relationships between falling and an array of demographic, health, psychological and psychosocial variables. The likelihood of falling increased directly with age and chronic illness, as well as indirectly with age, socioeconomic status, and gender via chronic illness. In turn, falling was directly related to increased dependence, and through it indirectly related to health satisfaction, mental health and a measure of life satisfaction. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000121226 A
Classmark	OLF: K4: 3F: 7S
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