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Prevention of falls in older people
 — the Weymouth and Portland project
Author(s)Eileen Mitchell
Journal titleNursing Older People, vol 16, no 2, April 2004
Pagespp 14-16
Sourcehttp://www.nursingolderpeople.co.uk
KeywordsFalls ; Preventative medicine ; Projects ; Weymouth and Portland.
AnnotationSouth West Dorset Primary Care Trust (PCT) has been allocated funding since 1999/2000 to promote a prevention of falls programme. The author, as falls adviser, describes how the assessment of pre- and post-intervention outcome measures helped to prove the project's effectiveness, and enabling older people to maintain their independence. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-040525201 A
ClassmarkOLF: LK2: 3E: 8DOL

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