TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Acute health status and its relationship to falls in the nursing home
JO  - Journal of gerontological nursing
A1  - Kuehn, A. F.
A1  - Sendelweck, S.
SP  - 41
EP  - 49
VL  - 21
IS  - 7
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0098-9134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -