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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Year: 2020
Articles in SafetyLit: 30

"Safety in dementia": development of an online caregiver tool for firearm, driving, and home safety

Accelerometer-measured sedentary patterns are associated with incident falls in older women

Action seniors! Cost-effectiveness analysis of a secondary falls prevention strategy among community-dwelling older fallers

Assisted walking program on walking ability in in-hospital geriatric patients: a randomized trial

Can hearing aids delay time to diagnosis of dementia, depression, or falls in older adults? Reader comment.

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Characterizing the impact of fear of falling on activity and falls in older adults with glaucoma

Clinical predictors of intracranial bleeding in older adults who have fallen: a cohort study

Comparing strategies for identifying falls in older adult emergency department visits using EHR data

Dementia and falls management in underserved populations: the cognition and mobility care management program

Depression symptoms and cognitive test performance in older American Indians: the Strong Heart Study

Disability prevention program improves life-space and falls efficacy: a randomized controlled trial

Effect of a multifactorial fall injury prevention intervention on patient well-being: the STRIDE Study

FGF23, frailty, and falls in SPRINT

Firearms, dementia, and the clinician: development of a safety counseling protocol

Gray matter regions associated with functional mobility in community-dwelling older adults

Impact of STEADI-Rx: a community pharmacy-based fall prevention intervention

Interprofessional education of emergency department team on falls in older adults

Intracranial hemorrhage in older adults: implications for fall risk assessment and prevention

Long-term effects of driving skill training on safe driving in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

Multinational investigation of fracture risk with antidepressant use by class, drug, and indication

Prevalence and severity of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage in older adults with low-energy falls

Putative cut-points in sarcopenia components and incident adverse health outcomes: an SDOC analysis

Recovery from severe disability that develops progressively versus catastrophically: incidence, risk factors, and intervening events

Relationship between fear of falling, fear-related activity restriction, frailty, and sarcopenia

Serious falls in middle-aged veterans: development and validation of a predictive risk model

The cost of a fall among older adults requiring emergency services

The relationship of loneliness to end-of-life experience in older Americans: a cohort study

The risk of head injuries associated with antipsychotic use among persons with Alzheimer's disease

Use of fall risk-increasing drugs around a fall-related injury in older adults: a systematic review