Should we provide outreach rehabilitation to very old people living in Nursing Care Facilities after a hip fracture? A randomised controlled trial
Should we provide outreach rehabilitation to very old people living in Nursing Care Facilities after a hip fracture? A randomised controlled trial
Date
2019-02-22
Authors
Crotty, Maria
Killington, Maggie
Liu, Enwu
Cameron, Ian D
Kurrle, Susan E
Kaambwa, Billingsley
Davies, Owen
Miller, Michelle Deanne
Chehade, Mellick J
Ratcliffe, Julie
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Publisher
Oxford Academic
Abstract
To determine whether a 4-week postoperative rehabilitation program delivered in Nursing Care Facilities (NCFs) would improve quality of life and mobility compared with receiving usual care.
Description
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords
Hip fracture,
Rehabilitation,
Aged care,
Mobility,
Quality of life,
Older people
Citation
Crotty, M., Killington, M., Liu, E., Cameron, I. D., Kurrle, S., Kaambwa, B., … Ratcliffe, J. (2019). Should we provide outreach rehabilitation to very old people living in Nursing Care Facilities after a hip fracture? A randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz005