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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453882003321

Autore

Tideiksaar Rein

Titolo

Falling in old age [[electronic resource] ] : prevention and management / / Rein Tideiksaar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1997

ISBN

1-281-81362-1

9786611813628

0-8261-5293-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Disciplina

613.0438

613/.0438

Soggetti

Falls (Accidents) in old age - Prevention

Falls (Accidents) in old age - Treatment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-388) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 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; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 and revised for its second edition, the book 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 and othe