A physiotherapy‐led review of guideline‐based care for community‐dwelling older people presenting to a metropolitan hospital with accidental falls
Loren Barton,
Mark Nelson,
Corey Scholes
et al.
Abstract:Objective(s)Several guidelines exist to inform best‐practice management of community‐dwelling fallers. This study aimed to outline a pragmatic approach to developing an audit tool for guideline‐based care of falls and provide an overview of current practice.MethodsAn audit tool to determine compliance with guideline‐based care was developed with an allied health and physiotherapy focus, utilising the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health‐Care Guidelines for Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls … Show more
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