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A fall prevention program for the home environment.

B Gallagher·E Corbett·L Freeman·A Riddoch-Kennedy·S Miller·C Smith·L Radensky·A Zarrow
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Falls are the leading cause of injury, death, and disability among people older than 65. When elders fall, they sustain such injuries as hip, spine, hand, and/or pelvic fractures. The prognosis after such a fall is poor--only half of older adults hospitalized for hip fractures are able to return home or live independently again. Even without injury, falls cause a loss of confidence that results in reduced physical activity, increased dependency, and social withdrawal. As a home care agency dealing with a geriatric population, our goal was to develop a user-friendly fall prevention program that would promote multidisciplinary assessment and intervention. We have developed a preventive approach through which clinicians and patients can collaborate on preventing falls in the home and maintaining our patients' first priority: quality of life.

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B Gallagher, E Corbett, L Freeman, A Riddoch-Kennedy, S Miller, C Smith, L Radensky, A Zarrow. 2001. A fall prevention program for the home environment.. https://doi.org/10.1067/mhc.2001.119263

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