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Falling in old age : prevention and management / / Rein Tideiksaar



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Autore: Tideiksaar Rein Visualizza persona
Titolo: Falling in old age : prevention and management / / Rein Tideiksaar Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1997
Edizione: 2nd ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
Disciplina: 613.0438
613/.0438
Soggetto topico: Falls (Accidents) in old age - Prevention
Falls (Accidents) in old age - Treatment
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
Titolo autorizzato: Falling in old age  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-81362-1
9786611813628
0-8261-5293-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811040703321
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