Falls, Injuries Due to Falls, and the Risk of Admission to a Nursing Home

“Mini-mental state”

1975 • 82,784 citations

The CES-D Scale

1977 • 50,186 citations

Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

1969 • 16,855 citations

Risk Factors for Falls among Elderly Persons Living in the Community

1988 • 6,422 citations

A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community

1994 • 2,159 citations

FALLS BY ELDERLY PEOPLE AT HOME: PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS

1988 • 1,232 citations

Reducing Frailty and Falls in Older Persons: An Investigation of Tai Chi and Computerized Balance Training

1996 • 1,146 citations

Incidence of and Risk Factors for Falls and Injurious Falls among the Community-dwelling Elderly

1993 • 1,113 citations

Fear of Falling and Fall-Related Efficacy in Relationship to Functioning Among Community-Living Elders

1994 • 1,036 citations

Risk Factors for Injurious Falls: a Prospective Study

1991 • 936 citations

Risk Factors for Serious Injury During Falls by Older Persons in the Community

1995 • 907 citations

Preventing Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons: Results From a Randomized Trial

1994 • 569 citations

THE INCIDENCE OF FALL INJURY EVENTS AMONG THE ELDERLY IN A DEFINED POPULATION

1990 • 518 citations

Lifetime Use of Nursing Home Care

1991 • 424 citations

A prospective study of functional status among community elders.

1984 • 366 citations

The Value of Assessing Falls in an Elderly Population

1990 • 362 citations

Preventing disability and falls in older adults: a population-based randomized trial.

1994 • 313 citations

Attempts to Prevent Falls and Injury: A Prospective Community Study

1992 • 240 citations

The effects of exercise on falls in elderly patients. A preplanned meta-analysis of the FICSIT Trials. Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques

1995 • 206 citations

A SIMPLE SCREENING TEST FOR HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

1988 • 198 citations

Health Care Utilization and Functional Status in the Aged Following a Fall

1991 • 174 citations

Can health visitors prevent fractures in elderly people?

1992 • 173 citations

The Risk of Nursing Home Use in Later Life

1990 • 134 citations

Restricted activity days among older adults.

1992 • 133 citations

The Risk of Nursing Home Admission in Three Communities

1992 • 120 citations

High-risk Profiles for Nursing Home Admission

1992 • 111 citations

Falling, Health Status, and the Use of Health Services by Older Adults

1992 • 96 citations

Self-Efficacy and Cognitive Performance in High-Functioning Older Individuals

1993 • 93 citations

Predicting Nursing-Home Admission and Length of Stay

1991 • 84 citations

ESTIMATION OF LOSS OF VISUAL EFFICIENCY

1955 • 70 citations

A randomized trial of physical rehabilitation for very frail nursing home residents

1994 • 59 citations

Predictors and prognosis of inability to get up after falls among elderly persons

1993 • 55 citations

Do Falls Predict Institutionalization in Older Persons?

1993 • 48 citations