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Telehealthcare in care homes: the use of falls detectors and bed/chair sensors to enhance the safety and experience of care home residents

INTRODUCTION: It is estimated that 20% of unscheduled admissions to hospital with hip fracture are from care homes. However, evidence suggests that admissions can be reduced by increasing levels of proactive care to residents. Our aim was to utilise appropriate telehealthcare equipment to reduce the...

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Autores principales: Eccles, Roz, Anderson, Alison
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Igitur, Utrecht Publishing & Archiving 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571137/