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Falls assessment and prevention : home, hospice, and extended care / Lynn S. Alvord.
Holman Biotech Commons RD93.5.A35 A48 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alvord, Lynn Stephen, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Falls (Accidents) in old age.
- Accidental Falls--prevention & control.
- Aged.
- Medical Subjects:
- Accidental Falls--prevention & control.
- Aged.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 264 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego, CA : Plural Pub., [2008]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781597561204
- 1597561207
- OCLC:
- 183830906
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