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:
  
  • One in four older adults (age 65+) falls each year.
  
  • Many patients who have fallen do not talk about it.
  
  Fall Screening Questions:
  
  • Have you fallen in the past year?
  
  • Do you feel unsteady when standing or walking?
  
  • Do you worry about falling?
  
  For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/steadi
  
  STEADI-PocketGuide-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls/prevention & Control Aged
• Series:
  STEADI : Stoping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  2 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:114195ce1b2dae0cfb9dd683aa3095f12bd9f779af157d5efc2f79a30ca66ebaad31f4e505a57b962fd38d7e3d25c93258b6d6cd7f4707434231a202f219bf21
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53421/cdc_53421_DS1.pdf
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