Can flooring and underlay materials reduce hip fractures in older people?
Julian Minns B Clinical Consultant Scientist, Regional Medical Physics Department, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Farhad Nabhani Reader, School of Science and Technology, University of Teesside
James Stuart Bamford Student is Research Assistant, University of Teeside
Julian Minns and colleagues suggest that many care homes and hospitals have flooring and floor covering that is inappropriate and does nothing to help reduce the incidence of hip fracture among older people
Falls resulting in fracture of the hip in older people are a major health problem worldwide, but the rate of fractures varies geographically from 100 plus per 100,000 in the USA to fewer than five for the South African Bantu. The UK rate is 63 per 100,000 (Nevitt et al 1991).
Nursing Older People.
16, 5, 16-20.
doi: 10.7748/nop2004.07.16.5.16.c2320
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