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Assessing needs from patient, carer and professional perspectives ...
The Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly is a new tool not previously evaluated in primary care. It includes the views of patients, ...
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A comparison of large volume spacer, breath-activated and dry ...
Dec 1, 2005 ... AIMS: To see if elderly people can use the breath-activated (Easi- breathe) and dry powder (Turbohaler) inhalers as effectively as the ...
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Is overnight tube feeding associated with hypoxia in stroke ...
SIR—Dysphagia is found in about 45% of patients who have had a stroke [1], ... partial anterior circulation stroke (PACS), lacunar stroke (LACS) or ...
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Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in ...
Despite the identification of 47 papers purporting to describe falls risk assessment tools, only six papers were identified where risk assessment tools had ...
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Rethinking individual and community fall prevention strategies: a ...
Background guidelines recommend that fall prevention programmes for older people include ... Received 24 January 2007; accepted in revised form 25 May 2007. ...
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Psychosocial factors associated with fall-related hip fractures ...
This study examined the relationship between psychosocial determinants of healthy ageing and risk of fall-related hip fracture in community-dwelling older ...
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An evaluation of footwear worn at the time of fall-related hip ...
Methods: 95 older people (average age 78.3 years, SD 7.9) who had suffered a fall-related hip fracture were asked to identify the footwear they were wearing ...
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Use of the 'STRATIFY' falls risk assessment in patients recovering ...
Should elderly patients be screened for their 'falls risk'? Validity of the STRATIFY falls screening tool and predictors of falls in a large acute hospital ...
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Older adults and carers' perceptions of pre-discharge occupational ...
Background: pre-discharge occupational therapy (OT) home visits are an integral part of the discharge process for older adults in acute care. ...
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Older adults and carers' perceptions of pre-discharge occupational ...
Background: pre-discharge occupational therapy (OT) home visits are an integral part ..... Bore J. Occupational therapy home visits: A satisfactory service? ...
