JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 307-313 , June 2007

Fear of Falling in New Long-Term Care Enrollees

  • Suzanne M. Gillespie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics/Aging, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Monroe Community Hospital, Rochester, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr. Suzanne M. Gillespie, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Division of Geriatrics/Aging, 435 East Henrietta Road, Monroe Community Hospital, Rochester, New York 14620.
    • ,
  • Susan M. Friedman, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics/Aging, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Highland Hospital, Rochester, NY.

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PII: S1525-8610(07)00212-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.04.006

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 307-313 , June 2007

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