{"title":"Fall prevention in nursing homes: comparison of local and international guidelines and policies: a systematic review","authors":"Gh Yoon, Ryc Kwan, Jyw Liu, Cky Lai","doi":"10.12809/ajgg-2017-270-ra","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We reviewed fall prevention guidelines and policies for nursing homes in the USA, Canada, the UK, and Australia, and compared with those in Hong Kong to identify areas for improvement. 1 Department of Asian Studies, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA 2 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Correspondence to: Claudia KY Lai, Honorary Professor, Centre of Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China. Email: claudia.lai@polyu.edu.hk and compared with those in Hong Kong to identify areas for improvement.","PeriodicalId":38338,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12809/ajgg-2017-270-ra","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We reviewed fall prevention guidelines and policies for nursing homes in the USA, Canada, the UK, and Australia, and compared with those in Hong Kong to identify areas for improvement. 1 Department of Asian Studies, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA 2 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Correspondence to: Claudia KY Lai, Honorary Professor, Centre of Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China. Email: claudia.lai@polyu.edu.hk and compared with those in Hong Kong to identify areas for improvement.
我们回顾了美国、加拿大、英国和澳大利亚养老院的跌倒预防指南和政策,并与香港的指南和政策进行了比较,以确定需要改进的地方。1美国波士顿东北大学社会科学与人文学院亚洲研究系2香港香港理工大学护理学院致:Claudia KY Lai,中国香港特别行政区九龙红磡Yuk Choi路香港理工大学护理学院老年护理中心名誉教授。电子邮件:claudia.lai@polyu.edu.hk并与香港的情况进行比较,以确定需要改进的地方。