Falls assessment and prevention : home, hospice, and extended care /
Alvord, Lynn Stephen, 1949-
Falls assessment and prevention : home, hospice, and extended care / Lynn S. Alvord. - San Diego, CA : Plural Pub., c2008. - xi, 264 p. : ill. ; 23cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226) and index.
Scope of the problem: hope for solutions -- Balance and mobility -- Why we fall -- Dizziness as a symptom -- The falls clinic and examination -- Preventing falls -- Falls prevention in hospitals and nursing facilities -- Case studies.
9781597561204 (alk. paper) 1597561207 (alk. paper)
2007050051
101322758 DNLM
Falls (Accidents) in old age.
Accidental Falls--prevention & control.
Aged.
RD93.5.A35 / A48 2008
613.69 ALV
WA 288 / A476f 2007
Falls assessment and prevention : home, hospice, and extended care / Lynn S. Alvord. - San Diego, CA : Plural Pub., c2008. - xi, 264 p. : ill. ; 23cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226) and index.
Scope of the problem: hope for solutions -- Balance and mobility -- Why we fall -- Dizziness as a symptom -- The falls clinic and examination -- Preventing falls -- Falls prevention in hospitals and nursing facilities -- Case studies.
9781597561204 (alk. paper) 1597561207 (alk. paper)
2007050051
101322758 DNLM
Falls (Accidents) in old age.
Accidental Falls--prevention & control.
Aged.
RD93.5.A35 / A48 2008
613.69 ALV
WA 288 / A476f 2007