Occupational therapist's actions in preventing falls of the elderly person at home: an integrative review of literature (2017-2022)
Patricia Schuartz,
Ana Laura Andrade Ferreira,
Lilian Dias Bernardo
et al.
Abstract:Introduction Falls in the elderly are widely discussed by health professionals, due to their physical, functional, and psychosocial consequences, which compromise participation in daily activities. Objective To identify the intervention actions and strategies used by the occupational therapist to prevent falls in the elderly at home. Method This is an integrative literature review, which tracked the scientific productions in the Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAH… Show more
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