Falling In Old Age , 2nd edition - Rein Tideiksaar

Falling In Old Age , 2nd edition

Author: Rein Tideiksaar, PhD

Pub Date: 11/1996
412 pp Hardback
ISBN13: 9780826152916

List: $65.00

Description | Table of Contents | Reviews | Author Biographies

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 easy, digestible information for geriatric health professionals. Extensively updated and revised for its second edition, the book has direct clinical applications and strategies for preventing and managing falls. It also contains new information on the physical, psychological, and social complications of falling. For physicians, nurses, administrators, and staff in long-term and other geriatric care settings, this book will be an essential resource.

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Table of Contents

An Overview of the Problem
Complications of Falling
Causes of Falling
Fall and Injury Risk
Medical Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk
Psychosocial Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk
Rehabilitative Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk
Environmental Strategies to Reduce Fall Risk
Mechanical Restraints

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Reviews

"This book provides a body of fall-related research that has been organized by the author into easy, digestible information for geriatric health professionals."--Doody Enterprises, Inc.

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Author Biographies

Rein Tideiksaar, PhD, is the president of fallPREVENT and has been active in the area of fall prevention for over fifteen years. He has directed numerous research projects on falls and has developed fall prevention programs in the community, assisted living, home care, acute care hospital, and nursing facility setting. Dr. Tideiksaar has written numerous articles and book chapters on falls and related topics.

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