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South Dakota State University
The Effects of Removing Physical Restraints from the Elderly in a Nursing Home
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Objectives of the study are to:<br> 1. Describe the frequency of serious and non-serious falls that occur among elderly nursing-home residents with dementia during the pre- assessment and post-physical restraint removal time period.<br> 2. Describe the frequency of serious and non-serious falls among the levels of dementia in the elderly as determined by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale during the pre-assessment and the post physical restraint removal time period.<br> 3. Describe the ability to perform activities of daily living among the elderly with various levels of dementia as determined by the Modified Barthel Index during the pre-assessment and the post-physical restraint removal time period.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science (MS)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis - University Access Only
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Graduate Nursing
- Year
- 1991
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Hall, Mina
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Sharon Leech Hofland
Subjects
dc:subject × 4Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright © 1991 Mina Hall. All rights reserved
- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/730
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-1730