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Falls in Older Persons: Prevention and Management
Falls in Older Persons Prevention and Management Author:Rein Tideiksaar This easy-to-read manual explores the internal and external causes of falls, analyzes the consequences of falls, provides clinical assessments for actual falls as well as risks for falling, presents intervention strategies, and promotes an interdisciplinary approach to falls management. Jam-packed with practical strategies, assessment tools, and... more » management practices, this third edition includes all the medical, rehabilitative, and environmental strategies you will want to implement for prevention and management, plus a foolproof, reliable, differential diagnosis assessment toolPerformance-Oriented Environmental Mobility Screen (POEMS)that takes less than 10 minutes to do! tie-ins to the MDS recommendations for restraint reduction or elimination numerous forms that can be easily adapted for in-service handouts or overheads four new assessment guidelines two new calculation tools for measuring fall rates and restraint use rates six new case studies a new eyes/ears program, an "early-warning" system for fall risk« less