Falling in Old Age Prevention and Management

Falling is one of the most common causes of disability in later life and is also one of the most preventable. This book provides an enormous body of fall-related research that has been organized by the author into easily digestible information for geriatric health professionals. Extensively updated for the second edition, this volume has direct clinical applications and strategies for preventing and managing falls. It also contains a new chapter on the physical, psychological, and social complications of falling. For physicians, nurses, and administrators, and staff in long-term care and other geriatric care settings.Tideiksaar, Rein is the author of 'Falling in Old Age Prevention and Management', published 1997 under ISBN 9780826152916 and ISBN 0826152910.