JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 300-306, June 2007

A Flowchart System to Improve Fall Data Documentation in a Long-Term Care Institution: A Pilot Study

This paper was presented in part at the American Geriatrics Society Meeting, 2005, Orlando, Florida.

  • Manuel Montero-Odasso, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Lawson Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • M.M.-O. held a clinical and research fellowship award from the Maimonides Geriatric Centre Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and from the Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University at the time the study was conducted.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Manuel Montero-Odasso, MD, PhD, Parkwood Hospital, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Western Ontario, 801 Commissioners Road East, Room A-283, London, ON, N6C 5J1, Canada.
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  • Paula Levinson, NBScN, GNC(CA)P

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Brian Gore, MD

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Dipl Epid

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Lawson Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Lucie Tremblay, N MSc

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Geriatric Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Howard Bergman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Research Group, McGill University and Université de Montréal Research Group on Services for Older Persons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

published online 10 May 2007.

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PII: S1525-8610(06)00634-7

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.031

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 300-306, June 2007