Description
| Product ID: | 9781108706087 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Falls in Older People |
| Subtitle: | Risk Factors, Strategies for Prevention and Implications for Practice |
| Authors: | Author: Catherine Sherrington, Vasi Naganathan, Stephen R. Lord |
| Page Count: | 500 |
| Subjects: | Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Geriatric medicine, Nursing and ancillary services, Community nursing, Physiotherapy, Geriatric medicine, Nursing & ancillary services, Community nursing, Physiotherapy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A complete overview of the latest research from multiple fields to facilitate the prevention of falls in older people. This fully revised third edition features new chapters on fall detection and risk assessment with new technologies. An accessible guide for researchers, practitioners, students and health care professionals. This third edition of a trusted resource brings together the latest literature across multiple fields to facilitate the understanding and prevention of falls in older adults. Thoroughly revised by a multidisciplinary team of authors, it features a new three-part structure covering epidemiology and risk factors for falls, strategies for prevention and implications for practice. The book reviews and incorporates new research in an additional thirteen chapters covering the biomechanics of balance and falling, fall risk screening and assessment with new technologies, volitional and reactive step training, cognitive-motor interventions, fall injury prevention, promoting uptake and adherence to fall prevention programs and translating fall prevention research into practice. This edition is an invaluable update for clinicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, researchers, and all those working in community, hospital and residential or rehabilitation aged care settings. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-11-04 |
