SAFETY ASSESSMENT FOR THE FRAIL ELDERLY - A COMPARISON OF RESTRAINED AND UNRESTRAINED NURSING-HOME RESIDENTS

Authors
SCHNELLE JF MACRAE PG SIMMONS SF UMAN G OUSLANDER JG ROSENQUIST LL CHANG B
Citation
Jf. Schnelle et al., SAFETY ASSESSMENT FOR THE FRAIL ELDERLY - A COMPARISON OF RESTRAINED AND UNRESTRAINED NURSING-HOME RESIDENTS, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 42(6), 1994, pp. 586-592
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology","Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028614
Volume
42
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
586 - 592
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8614(1994)42:6<586:SAFTFE>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Objective: To facilitate clinicians' judgment concerning physical rest raint decisions by identifying potentially reversible injury risk fact ors that differentiate representative samples of restrained and unrest rained nursing home residents. Design: Comparison of restrained and un restrained nursing home residents on a safety assessment for the frail elderly (SAFE)protocol. Setting: Long-term care facilities in the Gre ater Los Angeles Area.