GAPcare: the Geriatric Acute and Post-acute Fall Prevention Intervention—a pilot investigation of an emergency department-based fall prevention program for community-dwelling older adults

BACKGROUND: Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among older adults. Older emergency department (ED) patients who present for evaluations after falls have a 30% higher risk of falling again in the subsequent 6 months than age-matched controls. Although EDs frequently evaluate...

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Autores principales: Goldberg, Elizabeth M., Resnik, Linda, Marks, Sarah J., Merchant, Roland C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31463079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0491-9

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