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Falls and long-term care: a report from the care by design observational cohort study

BACKGROUND: Falls and the resulting complications are common among frail older adults. We aimed to explore risk factors and potential prevention strategies for falls in elderly residents of Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF). METHODS: This was a cross sectional study design using data from the Care by...

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Autores principales: Cameron, Emily J., Bowles, Susan K., Marshall, Emily Gard, Andrew, Melissa K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29793427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0741-6