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      Comparison of two fall-risk assessment tools used in a long-term care facility.

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          The purpose of this paper is to compare the ability of the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) and Farmer's fall-risk assessment tool (FFAT) to identify correlations between risk factors and falls among older adult long-term care (LTC) facility residents.

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          Journal
          Int J Health Care Qual Assur
          International journal of health care quality assurance
          Emerald
          0952-6862
          0952-6862
          Mar 24 2020
          : ahead-of-print
          : ahead-of-print
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Dorot Geriatric Center, Natanya, Israel.
          [2 ] Department of Nursing, Pat Matthews Academic School of Nursing, Hadera, Israel.
          Article
          10.1108/IJHCQA-03-2019-0065
          32202398
          5aa250ad-b56a-4689-93bd-0898cfc9f0ce
          History

          Risk assessment,Long-term care,Falls
          Risk assessment, Long-term care, Falls

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