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Bibliography

The information on this website has come from a multitude of different sources

This page lists the documents used in producing the site

• Cryer C, Patel S (2002) Falls, Fragility & Fractures. Alliance for Better Bone Health

• Department of Health (2001) National Service Framework for Older People. Department of Health
  Standard 6- Falls  www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/pdfs/nsfolderpeople.pdf
  

• National Institute for Clinical Excellence (2004) Clinical practice guideline for ‘The Assessment and Prevention of Falls in Older People’ draft for 2nd stage consultation. www.nice.org.uk

• National Osteoporosis Society (2002) Primary Care Strategy for Osteoporosis and Falls. National Osteoporosis Society.

• Guidelines for the prevention of falls in people over 65
  Feder G., Cryer C.,Donovan S., Carter Y. 2000 BMJ; 321:1007-1011
  bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7267/1007
  Includes information about assessment of high risk residents in nursing homes

• Implementation of multi-disciplinary guidelines for the prevention of falls in older people: a pilot study
  Carter Y, Cryer C, Crown J, et al 2002. Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, Barts and The London
  www.smd.qmul.ac.uk/gp/fallsproject/implementationreport.rtf
  Also the falls prevention website;
  www.smd.qmul.ac.uk/gp/fallsproject
  and the Falls Project Risk Assessment Guidelines 2002 (as in the pack)
  Queen Mary College, University of London
  www.smd.qmul.ac.uk/gp/fallsproject/riskas.rtf

• Medication review: Implementing medicine-related aspects of the NSF for Older People 2001
  www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/medicinesop/interventions.htm

• National Osteoporosis Society Primary Care Strategy for Osteoporosis and Falls.2002
  www.nos.org.uk/healthprof.asp

• Falls, Fragility and Fractures. The case for and strategies to implement a joint Health Improvement and Modernisation Plan for Falls and Osteoporosis. Cryer C and Patel S. 2001
  www.kent.ac.uk/chss/publications/fallsfragility&fractures.pdf

• Interventions to reduce the incidence of falling in the elderly
  Gillespie LD,Gillespie WJ, Cummings R,Lamb SE, Rowe BH. 1998
  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Library 1998 issue 2
  www.update-software.com/ccwebcochrane/revabstr/ab000340.htm

 

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