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Falling in old age : prevention and management / Rein Tideiksaar.
- Title
- Falling in old age : prevention and management / Rein Tideiksaar.
- Author
- Tideiksaar, Rein.
- Publication
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., [1997], ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RC952.5 .T53 1997 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 398 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Falling is one of the most common causes of disability in later life and is also one of the most preventable. This book provides an enormous body of fall-related research that has been organized by the author into easy, digestible information for geriatric health professionals. Extensively updated for the second edition, this volume has direct clinical applications and strategies for preventing and managing falls.
- It also contains new information on the physical, psychological, and social complications of falling. For physicians, nurses, administrators, and staff in long-term care and other geriatric care settings.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-388) and index.
- Contents
- 1. An Overview of the Problem -- 2. Complications of Falling -- 3. Causes of Falling -- 4. Fall and Injury Risk -- 5. Medical Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk -- 6. Psychosocial Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk -- 7. Rehabilitative Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk -- 8. Environmental Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk -- 9. Mechanical Restraints.
- ISBN
- 0826152910
- LCCN
- 96030179
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries