Topic Resources

FALLS

Journal Articles

American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention. (2001).Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons. Journal American Geriatrics Society, 49(5), 664-72.

Huang, H. C., Gau, M. L., Lin, W. C., & George, K. (2003). Assessing risk of falling in older adults. Public Health Nursing, 20(5), 399-411.

Parker, M. J., Gillespie, L. D., & Gillespie, W. J. (2003). Hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in the elderly. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (3), CD001255.

Tanner, E. K. (2003). Assessing home safety in homebound older adults. Geriatric Nursing, 24(4), 250-4, 256.

Thapa, P., Borckman,K., Gideon, P., Fought, R., & Ray, W. (1996). Injourous falls in risk nonambulatory nursing home residents: A comparative study of circumstances, incidences, and factors. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 44: 273-278.

Tinetti, M. E. (2003). Preventing falls in elderly persons. New England Journal of Medicine. 348(1), 42-9.

van Schoor, N. M., Smit, J. H., Twisk, J. W., Bouter, L. M., & Lips, P. (April 16, 2003). Prevention of hip fractures by external hip protectors: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 289(15):1957-62.


Last updated - January 2005