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Nurs. Clin. North Am. · Sep 2017
ReviewImpaired Mobility and Functional Decline in Older Adults: Evidence to Facilitate a Practice Change.
- Deanna Gray-Miceli.
- Rutgers University, School of Nursing, 180 University Avenue, 258 Ackerson Hall, Newark, NJ 07102, USA; Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, 112 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. Electronic address: dmiceli@sn.rutgers.edu.
- Nurs. Clin. North Am. 2017 Sep 1; 52 (3): 469-487.
AbstractThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services report nearly 55% of Medicare beneficiaries older than 85 experience impaired mobility and nearly 28% (n = 671,833) of these individuals have difficulty getting help. Impaired mobility is a precursor to disability, which has notable clinical significance and importance to older adults. Using case exemplars of older adults who have experienced a "serious" fall, along with evidence-based research, the physical, psychosocial, emotional, and clinical consequences are discussed, along with assessment parameters and interventions for maximizing function and early mobility.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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