Avoiding Falls: A Guidebook for Certified Nursing Assistants [Paperback]

Rein Tideiksaar (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 9, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1401865763 | ISBN-13: 978-1401865764 | Edition: 1

Falls, whether causing injury or not, are key issues facing long-term care facilities today. Avoiding Falls: A Guidebook for Certified Nursing Assistants realizes the important role nursing assistants have in the care of their clients and that they play a key part in preventing falls. This easy-to-read product aims to raise the awareness of nursing assistants about the different causes of falling; the harmful consequences of falls on the clients' physical and mental well-being and steps to prevent falls from occurring.

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About the Author

Rein Tideiksaar, PhD worked in the area of fall prevention for 20 years; research and clinical experience in both community and institutional settings; authored two books on fall prevention in elderly; more then 75 papers and book chapters. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 129 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (September 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401865763
• ISBN-13: 978-1401865764
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,682,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rein Tideiksaar Ph.D., PA-C is the president of FallPrevent, LLC, Blackwood, NJ, a consulting company that provides educational, legal and marketing services related to fall prevention in the elderly. Dr Tideiksaar has been active in the area of fall prevention for over thirty years, and has directed numerous research projects on falls and has developed fall prevention programs in the community, assisted living, home care, acute care hospital, and nursing facility setting, and has authored several books devoted to the topic of fall prevention.