Falls assessment and prevention
Subtitle: home, hospice, and extended care
By: Lynn S. Alvord.
Publisher: Plural Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Diego, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781597561204
Subjects: Falls (Accidents) in old age; Accidental Falls -- prevention & control; Aged
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Scope of the problem: hope for solutions; title: Balance and mobility; title: Why we fall; title: Dizziness as a symptom; title: The falls clinic and examination; title: Preventing falls; title: Falls prevention in hospitals and nursing facilities; title: Case studies.