title: Identifying Risk Factors for Elder Falls in Geriatric Rehabilitation in Israel.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify risk factors for elder falls in a geriatric rehabilitation center in Israel.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective chart review study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred and twelve medical records of inpatients in geriatric rehabilitation were retrospectively analyzed to compare between elders who sustained falls and those who did not.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of elders hospitalized during this year, 14% sustained falls. Fallers included a high proportion of males, with little comorbidity, not obese, and cardiovascular patients. Falls occurred frequently during patients' first week at the facility, mostly during the daytime. The falls occurred frequently in patients' rooms, and a common scenario was a fall during transition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The research findings single out patients who are allegedly at a lower risk of falls than more complex patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Caregivers in geriatric rehabilitation settings should pay attention to patients who are allegedly at a lower risk of falls than more complex patients, and to cardiovascular patients in particular.
authors.affiliation: Pat Matthews Academic School of Nursing, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.
authors.forename: Merav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Natan
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Shoham Medical Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Neomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Heyman
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Shoham Medical Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben Israel
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Elders; falls; geriatric rehabilitation; risk factors