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Using a Real-Time Locating System to Measure Walking Activity Associated with Wandering Behaviors Among Institutionalized Older Adults
Published on: February 8, 2019
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[Elderly hospitalised people and walking capacities]
Camille Castel1, Pascale Lescure2, Gilles Loggia2
1Service de pharmacie, CHU de Caen, avenue de la Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen, France.
Soins. Gerontologie
|November 15, 2017
Abstract:
Falls in the elderly are frequent. A study carried out over 6 months in a university hospital's acute geriatric unit highlighted the real walking capacities of hospitalised elderly people. It also changed the perception of caregivers, doctors and nurses with regard to the real physical aptitudes of these patients enabling the risk of falls to be reduced in preparation for their return home or to a residential care home.
Keywords:
carechutefallhospitalised elderly personmobilitymobilitépersonne âgée hospitaliséepreventionprise en soinsprévention
