Piloting staff education in Australia to reduce falls in older hospital patients experiencing delirium

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Piloting staff education in Australia to reduce falls in older hospital patients experiencing delirium

This study piloted a hospital-based delirium and falls education program to investigate the impacts on staff knowledge and practice plus patient falls. On a medical ward, staff knowledge was compared before and after education sessions. Other data – collected a day before and after program implement...

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Main Authors:	Toye, Christine, Kitchen, S., Hill, A., Edwards, D., Sin, M., Maher, Sean
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50344

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