Falls Prevention, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
- 1st Edition, Volume 35-2 - April 8, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Steven Castle
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 7 8 5 6 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 7 8 5 7 - 5
This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edited by Dr. Steven Castle, is devoted to Falls Prevention. Articles in this important issue include: Key components of exercise… Read more
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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edited by Dr. Steven Castle, is devoted to Falls Prevention. Articles in this important issue include: Key components of exercise programs in community to prevent falls; Potential reasons deaths from falls in older adults have doubled in the past decade; Link between Primary care and community-based balance exercise programs; Role of foot orthoses and shoe insoles at improving mobility and balance; Blood Pressure control and falls risk; Optimizing function and physical activity in hospitalized older adults to prevent functional decline and falls; Delirium as it relates to falls; Virtual sitters; Redesigning a Fall Prevention Program in Acute Care: Building on Evidence; and Nursing Unit Design and Hospital Falls.
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 35-2
- Published: April 8, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Steven Castle
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine at UCLA, Associate Director for Clinical Programs at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, GRECC
Governor to the California Commission on Aging, Los Angeles, California