
@article{ref1,
title="Acute health status and its relationship to falls in the nursing home",
journal="Journal of gerontological nursing",
year="1995",
author="Kuehn, A. F. and Sendelweck, S.",
volume="21",
number="7",
pages="41-49",
abstract="1. Falls represent a major health threat to the elderly, often resulting in injury, disability and/or death. 2. A significant association between acute changes in health status and falling was revealed in this study over 1-month, 2-month and alternating time periods. 3. Nurses' fall prevention efforts should be more attuned to the more relevant predictor of changing health status and functioning capability of residents.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0098-9134",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}