Objectives This review aims to identify types of the existing fall prevention education (FPE)
and their effectiveness in promoting fall risk awareness, knowledge and preventive fall …

Background The common practice of making fun of aging and older people demonstrates
that ageism towards older people is socially acceptable. It is so accepted that even those of …

The purpose of this study is to give recommendations for knowledge and practices and
ethics of nurses and nursing in hospitals-case in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam in order to …

Although debates over immigration remain contentious, one important sector served heavily
by immigrants faces a critical labor shortage: nursing homes. We merge a variety of data …

Background Patient care is a public health issue all over the world, with nursing errors in
hospitals being a significant source of harm to patients and a hindrance to the healthcare …

Abstract Background and Objectives In October 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) stopped reimbursing hospitals for costs related to patient falls. This study …

Background: Inpatient falls are common hospital adverse events. We aimed to determine
inpatient fall rates in an urban public hospital and analyzed their characteristics across …

Background Women aged 65 years and over are at increased risk of falling. Falls in this age
group increase the risk of morbidity and mortality. Aims The aim of the present study was to …

Background Participation in functional self-care can delay functional decline during older
adults' hospitalization. Aims To explore facilitators and barriers to older adults' participation …

Objective This qualitative systematic review aimed to describe informal caregivers' and
health personnel's experiences of the FOF (fear of falling) of older adults under their care …