Australasian journal on ageing

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Australas J Ageing · Jun 2012

Rates of hospitalisations and mortality of older adults admitted with burn injuries in Western Australian from 1983 to 2008.

To estimate temporal trends in burn injury hospitalisations, mortality and hospital stay, for older adults with a burn-related hospitalisation. ⋯ Burn safety and prevention strategies that include first aid education need to be developed that target older adults living in their homes, to decrease their risk of sustaining burn injuries.

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Australas J Ageing · Jun 2012

Editorial

The care of older people during and after disasters: a review of the recent experiences in Queensland, Australia and Christchurch, New Zealand.

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