Evaluating the impact of a falls prevention community of practice in a residential aged care setting: a realist approach

• Main Authors: Jacqueline Francis-Coad (Author), Christopher Etherton-Beer (Author), Caroline Bulsara (Author), Nicole Blackburn (Author), Paola Chivers (Author), Anne-Marie Hill (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Falls are a major socio-economic problem among residential aged care (RAC) populations resulting in high rates of injury including hip fracture. Guidelines recommend that multifactorial prevention strategies are implemented but these require translation into clinical practice. A...