Bezon J, Echevarria K H, Smith G B
Center for Elderhealth Nurse-Managed Primary Health Care Clinic, University of South Florida College of Nursing, Tampa 33612, USA.
Outcomes Manag Nurs Pract. 1999 Jul-Sep;3(3):112-6; quiz 116-7.
Falls among elderly people living in the community are costly for all concerned in both monetary terms and quality of life. Faculty and students in a nurse-managed clinic in partnership with elderly residents of a public housing unit were able to reduce the number of falls from 30% to 3%. Falls were reduced through a preventive plan that included assessment of intrinsic and extrinsic factors that cause falling and interventions for these recognized risk factors.
