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Falls prevention in residential care homes
— a randomised controlled trial | | Author(s) | Christopher A E Dyer, Gordon J Taylor, Mary Reed |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 33, no 6, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp 596-601 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Falls ; Preventative medicine ; Care homes ; Rugby. |
| Annotation | 196 residents aged 60+ in 20 residential care homes in West Wiltshire were enrolled, 102 of whom were assigned to a multifactorial falls prevention programme including 3 months gait and balance training, medication review, podiatry and optometry. In the intervention group, there was a mean of 2.2 falls per resident per year, compared with 4.1 for the 94 in the control group. While a modest reduction in falls was demonstrated, the result was not statistically significant. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041216218 A |
| Classmark | OLF: LK2: KW: 8WH |
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