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Preventing falls in older people — impact of an intervention to reduce environmental hazards in the home
Author(s)	Margaret Stevens, C D'Arcy J Holman, Nicole Bennett
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 49, no 11, November 2001
Pages	pp 1442-1447
Keywords	Falls ; Hazards ; Domestic accidents ; Accident prevention ; Living in the community ; Longitudinal surveys ; Australia.
Annotation	Fall hazards are ubiquitous in the homes of older people. Registered nurses delivered this intervention to 570 community-based over 70s in Perth, Western Australia. The intervention consisted of a home hazard assessment, an educational strategy on general fall hazard reduction and ways to reduce identified home hazards, and the free installation of safety devices: grab rails, non-slip strips on steps, and double-sided tape for floor rugs and mats. All homes had at least one fall hazard. The intervention resulted in a small reduction in the mean number of hazards per house, with many study subjects taking action, but removing only a few hazards. The impact of the intervention in achieving self-reported action to reduce hazards was high. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011210514 A
Classmark	OLF: OK7: OL: OQ: K4: 3J: 7YA
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