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Preventing falls — managing the risk and effect of falls among older people in care homes
Corporate Author	Preventing Falls Programme, Help the Aged
Publisher	Help the Aged, London, 2004
Pages	20 pp
Source	Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/slipstrips email: info@helptheaged.org.uk
Keywords	Falls ; Preventative medicine ; Management [care] ; Care homes.
Annotation	Care home residents are at high risk of falling. Experience suggests that falls can be reduced by 50% when an individual's risks of falling are assessed and action taken to reduce them. This document gives examples of what care homes are doing to reduce the risk of falls and injuries. The aim is to support care home managers in responding to regulations and standards, and to protect the interests of older people in remaining independent, active and safe. Help the Aged was funded by the Department of Health (DH) in this work. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040810212 B
Classmark	OLF: LK2: QA: KW
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