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- Title
Falls among the Elderly: A Community Prevention Program.
- Authors
Tideiksaar, Rein
- Abstract
The article considers a fall prevention program developed at the Community General Hospital in Sullivan County, New York in July 1989. The approaches used to implement this program include identifying older people who had had falls or related injuries, determining the circumstances and conditions under which these had fallen, developing preventive interventions and evaluating the effectiveness of the program. Aside from the hospital, the program was supported by the community health professionals and organizations.
- Subjects
SULLIVAN County (N.Y.); NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State); PREVENTION of falls in old age; ACCIDENTAL fall prevention; HOSPITAL &; community; COMMUNITY health services
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1992, Vol 82, Issue 6, p892
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article