The Falls In Care Home study: a feasibility randomized controlled trial of the use of a risk assessment and decision support tool to prevent falls in care homes

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The Falls In Care Home study: a feasibility randomized controlled trial of the use of a risk assessment and decision support tool to prevent falls in care homes

Objective: To explore the feasibility of implementing and evaluating the Guide to Action Care Home fall prevention intervention. Design: Two-centre, cluster feasibility randomized controlled trial and process evaluation. Setting: Purposive sample of six diverse old age/learning disability,...

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Main Authors:	Walker, Gemma M., Armstrong, Sarah, Gordon, Adam L., Gladman, John R.F., Robertson, Kate, Ward, Marie, Conroy, Simon, Arnold, Gail, Darby, Janet, Frowd, Nadia, Williams, Wynne, Knowles, Sue, Logan, Pip
Format:	Article
Published:	SAGE 2015
Subjects:	Accidental falls Fall prevention intervention Nursing homes Feasibility studies Randomized controlled trial
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40008/

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