Constructed in three parts: risk factors, prevention strategies, and future research directions. Coverage includes epidemiology, critical appraisal of the roles of exercise, environment, footwear, and medication, evidence-based risk assessment, and targeted and individually tailored falls-prevention strategies.
The manual describes the practical implementation of a strength and balance retraining programme which, is a series of randomised and controlled trials, has been shown to reduce falls by over a third.
Pre-Conference workshop for Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting held on October 21, 2004 in Victoria, BC.
Includeds loose inserts
Scott, Vicky, Bawa, Hansdeep, Feldman, Fabio, Gould, Joanie Sims, Leung, Ming, Tan, Nikki.
Victoria BC:
Minstry of Healthy Living and Sport
, 2008.
(Book)
