JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S26-S36 , March 2007

A Model Quality Improvement Program for the Management of Falls in Nursing Homes

  • Jo A. Taylor, RN, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The Emory Center for Health in Aging, Atlanta, GA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jo A. Taylor, RN, MPH, Emory Center for Health in Aging 1841 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329.
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  • Patricia Parmelee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
    • The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Birmingham/Atlanta VAMC Geriatric Research, Education & Clinical Center, Atlanta, GA.
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  • Holly Brown, MSN, APRN-BC

      Affiliations

    • The Emory Center for Health in Aging, Atlanta, GA
    • The Emory Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA
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  • Harry S. Strothers III, MD, MMM

      Affiliations

    • The Morehouse University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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  • Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing, New York, NY
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  • Joseph G. Ouslander, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Emory Center for Health in Aging, Atlanta, GA
    • The Emory Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA
    • The Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
    • The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Birmingham/Atlanta VAMC Geriatric Research, Education & Clinical Center, Atlanta, GA.

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 Funded in part by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (#290-00-0011), and by support from the Birmingham/Atlanta VA GRECC.The Falls Management Program materials are available on http://www.medqic.org, an online resource for quality improvement sponsored by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

PII: S1525-8610(06)00586-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.11.005

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S26-S36 , March 2007

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