Veterans' Service Falls Management Program : Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial Building (VMB)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35676
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Veterans' Services, QEII.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1025
- Available Online
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Falls among older adults are a common problem. Up to half of residents in long-term care may fall each year. This pamphlet explains situations when most falls happen, what raises your risk of falling, and what staff in the Veterans' Memorial Building may ask you to do while living in this unit to prevent falls from happening.
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Veterans' Services, QEII
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Accident Prevention
- Accidental Falls - prevention & control
- Patient Safety
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Accidents--Prevention
- Falls (Accidents) in old age--Prevention
- Hospitals--Safety measures
- Patients--Safety measures
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Abstract
- Falls among older adults are a common problem. Up to half of residents in long-term care may fall each year. This pamphlet explains situations when most falls happen, what raises your risk of falling, and what staff in the Veterans' Memorial Building may ask you to do while living in this unit to prevent falls from happening.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Veterans' Services, QEII
- Pamphlet Number
- 1025
Home safety : preventing falls at home
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37564
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Fishermen's Memorial Hospital. Falls Prevention.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2270
- Available Online
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Falls are the leading cause of injury among older Canadians. This pamphlet includes a checklist to help you find out if you are at risk of falling. Tips to prevent falls are included.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (14 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Patient Safety
- Accident Prevention
- Accidental Falls - prevention & control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Falls (Accidents)--Prevention
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Abstract
- Falls are the leading cause of injury among older Canadians. This pamphlet includes a checklist to help you find out if you are at risk of falling. Tips to prevent falls are included.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Falls Prevention, Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital; Adapted from: Healthy Ageing and Geriatrics Program “Preventing Falls at Home” Sinai Health and the University Health Network
- Pamphlet Number
- 2270
