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Falls risk among older adults in long-term care facilities
— a focused literature review | | Author(s) | Joseph Basante, Elizabeth Bentz, Jayne Heck-Hackley |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 19, no 2, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 63-86 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Falls ; At risk ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Twenty-one research articles published between 1990 and 1999 were reviewed by random assignment by a research team. A matrix was developed to allow for easy identification of risk factors and study designs. It was found that the rate of falls among older adults residing in long term care facilities is substantially increased by the use of certain medications, deconditioning, physical restraints, or any combination of these factors. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020416252 A |
| Classmark | OLF: CA3: KW: LHB: 64A |
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