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Falls in older people : prevention and management / by Rein Tideiksaar.
- Title
- Falls in older people : prevention and management / by Rein Tideiksaar.
- Author
- Tideiksaar, Rein.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RC952.5 .T53 2002 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Tideiksaar, Rein.
- Description
- xx, 240 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "This accessible quick-reference guide outlines and details all the most current medical, rehabilitative, and environmental information on falling.
- "This book provides the practical recommendations, modifications, types of equipment, and resources that will improve the safety, health, and quality of life of older patients and residents of long-term care facilities. It also includes photocopiable forms and discharge checklists."--BOOK JACKET.
- Readers will learn: the most common factors that cause older people to fall; how to assess a person's risk of falling, including an easy-to-use screening tool; the critical steps to take when a person falls; how to adapt the environment of each type of facility to prevent falls; how to minimize or eliminate restraint use; the "eyes and ears" program - an early-warning system for fall risk; and the consequences of falls for older people their families, and the facility.".
- Subjects
- ISBN
- 1878812858
- LCCN
- 2002068638
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries