University of Rochester
School of Nursing

John A. Hartford Foundation Community Initiative
Mobility issues
 

2004 National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit:
http://www.patientsafety.gov/fallstoolkit/

AGS Guidelines for the Prevention of Falls
National Guideline Clearinghouse.htm

A Patient's Guide to Preventing Falls

http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/fallsprevention.pdf

Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older People (American Geriatrics Society)
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/products/positionpapers/Falls.pdf

Preventing Falls (Hartford Center-University of Arkansas School of Nursing)
http://hartfordcenter.uams.edu/care/preventingFalls.htm

Falls and Fall Risk (Caring)
http://www.amda.com/clinical/falls/

Wandering (Alzheimer's Association)
http://www.alz.org/Care/Caregivingchallenges/wandering.asp

Travel Guidelines for People with Dementia
http://www.uiowa.edu/~centrage/pubs/Travel%20Guidelines.pdf

A Guide to Alzheimer’s Disease,Dementia & Driving
http://www.thehartford.com/alzheimers/105013final.pdf

Long-term care facilities can improve patient safety by heeding lists of dangerous abbreviations, acronyms and symbols.
http://www.ismp.org//pdf/ismpabbreviations.pdf?itemid=21576