Falls Prevention, an Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine: Volume 35-2

By Steven Castle MD

This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edited by Dr. Steven Castle, is devoted to Falls Prevention. Articles in this important issue include: Key components of exercise programs in community to prevent falls; Potential reasons deaths from falls in older adults have doubled in the past decade; Link between Primary care and community-based balance exercise programs; Role of foot orthoses and shoe insoles at improving mobility and balance; Blood Pressure control and falls risk; Optimizing function and physical activity in hospitalized older adults to prevent functional decline and falls; Delirium as it relates to falls; Virtual sitters; Redesigning a Fall Prevention Program in Acute Care: Building on Evidence; and Nursing Unit Design and Hospital Falls.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323678564
• ISBN13: 9780323678568
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"