Go home safe! Home floor plans used to advise seniors at risk of falls (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Go home safe! Home floor plans used to advise seniors at risk of falls

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A study tracking falls and near falls in at risk seniors discharged from acute care hospitals has found that advising patients who had a fall history of the risks in their home, using their own floor plans, prevents falls in the early post-discharge period.

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Osaka Metropolitan University

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