附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Twin contributors to the physiology of ambulatory wellbeing and falls prevention in ageing populations: functional senescence and abnormal pathological change -- Chapter 2. Integrating social and health services for people, communities, homes, and places -- Chapter 3. Fall-risk-increasing drugs: background, current evidence on deprescribing, and future perspectives -- Chapter 4. Bone density and fall risk screening in Algarve: a preliminary study -- Chapter5. Effects of spaceflight, aging, and bedrest on falls: aging meets spaceflight! -- Chapter 6. The role of neuroimaging in fall prevention in healthy adults at risk of Alzheimer's disease -- Chapter 7. Fall risk and the use of exercise as afall prevention strategy -- Chapter 8. Fall prevention in education and training of healthcare students, professionals, and non-professionals -- Chapter 9. Fall prevention education: good examples from higher education -- Chapter 10. Health and fall risk monitoring within common assessments -- Chapter 11. Patient safety: the patient's perspective from public sector health institutions in the Algarve Region, Portugal -- Chapter 12. Fall prevention activities and resources inNorway: a review -- Chapter 13. Falls and fall injuries as societal challenges in Namibia -- Chapter 14. Integrated care in prevention: maturity and upscaling -- Chapter 15. Information and process in health.
摘要:"This book provides relevant theoretical and practical frameworks in the area of falls prevention and is written for professionals who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of falls prevention as one of the majorsocietal challenges within active and healthy ageing"--