Preventing falls in older patients : provider pocket guide

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
• Description:
  Key Facts about Falls:
  
  • 1/3 of older adults (age 65+) fall each year.
  
  • Many patients who have fallen do not talk about it.
  
  This is What You Can Do: RITUAL:
  
  • Review self-assessment brochure
  
  • Identify risk factors
  
  • Test gait & balance
  
  • Undertake multifactorial assessment
  
  • Apply interventions
  
  • Later, follow-up
  
  CS256024A
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Aged
• Series:
  STEADI : Stoping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ba91ed5a269cb017ee2c2fab3b8b2a15adae716e9c2c17be2b1dea09d4f0216f6222f79fffc121c220127cc7ed7a3564a314e74657438cb07f79d344f332d3e7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33085/cdc_33085_DS1.pdf
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