Falls in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility

Marc K. Ross; Ethan Egan; Mohammed Zaman; Besem Aziz; Tad Dewald; Salem Mohammed

doi:10.1016/j.pmr.2012.02.006

Falls in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility

Marc K. Ross
, Ethan Egan
, Mohammed Zaman
, Besem Aziz
, Tad Dewald
, Salem Mohammed

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Abstract

Older adults are rehabilitated for a variety of conditions in an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF), and they are often at an increased risk for falling during their stay. This article (1) provides an overview of the incidence, prevalence, and impact of falls in facilities that provide inpatient rehabilitation; (2) provides some key factors to be considered in the assessment of the patient admitted to the IRF for risk factors associated with falling; and (3) identifies strategies that can help reduce the risk of falling in patients admitted to an IRF.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-314
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmr.2012.02.006
State	Published - May 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute rehabilitation
Falls
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities

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