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$28.95

Stock #12858
(ISBN 978-1-878812-85-8)
224 pages
5 1/2” x 8 1/4” papercover
© 2002





In 2005, the Joint Commission released new guidelines for patient safety and falls prevention. Start here to improve your falls prevention program!

Falls in Older People
Prevention & Management, Third Edition

By Rein Tideiksaar, Ph.D.

Award Winner
Book of the Year (for Second Edition of book)
(Gerontological Nursing, 1998, American Journal of Nursing)

"a critical tool for any facility or individual seeking to minimize the risk of injury due to falls in the elderly people for whom they care."
-Gerontology & Geriatrics Education


"For health care practitioners, educators, and researchers interested in preventing falls and improving the public health of our nation’s elders, this book is a must, to read and own. It will be on an easy-to-reach shelf in my library and used regularly."
-Patricia A. Miller, Ed.D., OTR, FAOTA, Assistant Professor in Clinical Occupational Therapy and Clinical Public Health, Columbia University, New York


“Rein Tideiksaar has done it again—produced another in his series of well-written, practical guides to falls prevention for the elderly. Dr. Tideiksaar brings his wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of falls prevention in institutional settings to his third edition.”
-Vicky Scott, R.N., Ph.D., Senior Advisor on Falls Prevention, British Columbia Research and Prevention Unit and Office for Injury Prevention of the Ministry of Health Planning, Victoria, B.C.



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