Citation

Beegan L, Messinger-Rapport BJ. Cleve. Clin. J. Med. 2015; 82(5): 301-307.

Affiliation

Center for Geriatric Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. E-mail: rapporb@ccf.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation)

DOI

10.3949/ccjm.82a.14041

PMID

25973878

Abstract

About one-third of community-dwelling adults age 65 and older fall each year, and some suffer fractures, traumatic brain injury, and even death. Therefore, it is important to identify older adults at risk and recommend helpful interventions.

Language: en