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BMC geriatrics

Journal Volume: 19
Journal Issue: 1
Journal Year: 2019
Articles in SafetyLit: 30

"Pisando Fuerte": an evidence-based falls prevention program for Hispanic/Latinos older adults: results of an implementation trial

'Managing pieces of a personal puzzle' - Older people's experiences of self-management falls prevention exercise guided by a digital program or a booklet

A multicenter investigation of reablement in Norway: a clinical controlled trial

Association between health behaviors and mood disorders among the elderly: a community-based cohort study

Association between tea consumption and depressive symptom among Chinese older adults

Community-dwelling older adults' needs and acceptance regarding the use of robot technology to assist with daily living performance

Creating conditions for a sense of security during the evenings and nights among older persons receiving home health care in ordinary housing: a participatory appreciative action and reflection study

Developing an intervention for fall-related injuries in dementia (DIFRID): an integrated, mixed-methods approach

Development and validation of an algorithm to assess risk of first-time falling among home care clients

Does aquatic exercise improve commonly reported predisposing risk factors to falls within the elderly? A systematic review

Effect of dance on multi-muscle synergies in older adults: a cross-sectional study

Effects of three home-based exercise programmes regarding falls, quality of life and exercise-adherence in older adults at risk of falling: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Elder abuse victimization patterns: latent class analysis using perpetrators and abusive behaviours

Evaluating audio-visual falls prevention messages with community-dwelling older people using a World Café forum approach

Factors associated with alcohol consumption and prescribed drugs with addiction potential among older women and men - the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT2 and HUNT3), Norway, a population-based longitudinal study

Fall-related efficacy is a useful and independent index to detect fall risk in Japanese community-dwelling older people: a 1-year longitudinal study

Fall-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations among community-dwelling older adults: examination of health problems and injury characteristics

Falls and risk factors of falls for urban and rural community-dwelling older adults in China

Females fall more from heights but males survive less among a geriatric population: insights from an American level 1 trauma center

FRAILTOOLS study protocol: a comprehensive validation of frailty assessment tools to screen and diagnose frailty in different clinical and social settings and to provide instruments for integrated care in older adults

Joint effects of advancing age and number of potentially inappropriate medication classes on risk of falls in Medicare enrollees

Kaumātua Mana Motuhake: a study protocol for a peer education intervention to help Māori elders work through later-stage life transitions

Musculoskeletal pain and new-onset poor physical function in elderly survivors of a natural disaster: a longitudinal study after the great East Japan earthquake

Optimising costs in reducing rate of falls in older people with the improvement of balance by means of vestibular rehabilitation (ReFOVeRe study): a randomized controlled trial comparing computerised dynamic posturography vs mobile vibrotactile posturography system

Prevalence of mild hyponatremia and its association with falls in older adults admitted to an emergency geriatric medicine unit (the MUPA unit)

Role of gait speed and grip strength in predicting 10-year cognitive decline among community-dwelling older people

Social position and geriatric syndromes among Swedish older people: a population-based study

The efficacy and safety of exercise for prevention of fall-related injuries in older people with different health conditions, and differing intervention protocols: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

To what extent do older adult community exercise programs in Winnipeg, Canada address balance and include effective fall prevention exercise? A descriptive self-report study

Understanding carers' fall concern and their management of fall risk among older people at home