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A pilot observational study of gait changes over time before and after an unplanned hospital visit in long-term care residents with dementia

BACKGROUND: Older adults with dementia living in long-term care (LTC) have high rates of hospitalization. Two common causes of unplanned hospital visits for LTC residents are deterioration in health status and falls. Early detection of health deterioration or increasing falls risk may present an opp...

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Autores principales: Nabavi, Hoda, Mehdizadeh, Sina, Shum, Leia C., Flint, Alastair J., Mansfield, Avril, Taati, Babak, Iaboni, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10634101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37940854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04385-0