title: The prevention of falls in a geriatric hospital.
abstract: All falls which occurred in a geriatric hospital in  period of one year were carefully recorded by nursing staff. Falls occurred most often in admission wards, less in rehabilitation wards and even less in long-stay wards. The incidence of falls was very much lower when patients were confined to bed as a result of industrial action by staff. Very few falls resulted in bone injury. The completion of accident reports by nurses after non-injurious falls is unproductive.
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000368:Aged; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male