Clinical practice guideline for the assessment and prevention of falls in older people
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) commissioned the National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care (NCC-NSC) to develop guidelines on the assessment and prevention of falls in older people. This follows referral of the topic by the Department of Health and Welsh Ass...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Royal College of Nursing
c2005, 2005
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| Series: | Clinical practice guidelines
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) commissioned the National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care (NCC-NSC) to develop guidelines on the assessment and prevention of falls in older people. This follows referral of the topic by the Department of Health and Welsh Assembly Government. This document describes the methods for developing the guidelines and presents the resulting recommendations. It is the source document for the NICE (abbreviated version for health professionals) and Information for the public (patient) versions of the guidelines that are published by NICE. A multidisciplinary Guideline Development Group produced the guidelines and the development process was undertaken by the NCC-NSC. The main areas examined by the guideline were: the evidence for factors that increase the risk of falling; the most effective methods of assessment and identification of older people at risk of falling; the most clinically and cost effective interventions and preventative strategies for the prevention of falls; the clinical effectiveness of hip protectors for the prevention of hip fracture; the most clinically and cost effective interventions and rehabilitation programmes for the prevention of further falls; older peoples' views and experiences of falls prevention strategies and programmes |
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| Item Description: | "November 2004." |
| Physical Description: | PDF (various pagings) : ill. |
| ISBN: | 1904114172 9781904114178 |