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ANALYSIS OF FALLS IN OLD PEOPLE
Author(s) -
Howell Trevor H.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1958.tb00751.x
Subject(s) - queen (butterfly) , medicine , citation , geriatrics , gerontology , family medicine , library science , psychiatry , hymenoptera , botany , computer science , biology
It is a matter of common knowledge, as Sheldon says, that old people are liable to fall and hurt themselves. In fact, many serious accidents involving the elderly are associated with falling. When I assessed the waiting list for Queen's Hospital, Croydon, in 1952, I found that 4.5 per cent of the 500 patients visited that year sought admission because they were subject to falls. Hence the causation of falling merits serious consideration.