Journal article
Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures in Residential Aged Care: Updated Consensus Recommendations
Abstract
Osteoporosis is underdiagnosed and undertreated in people living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), even though aged-care residents are at greater risk of experiencing fractures than their community-dwelling counterparts. The first (2009) and second (2016) Consensus Conferences on the Treatment of Osteoporosis in RACFs in Australia addressed the prevention of falls and fractures in RACFs. A third Consensus Conference was held to …
Authors
Duque G; Iuliano S; Close JCT; Fatima M; Ganda K; Bird S; Kirk B; Levidiotis M; Said CM; Papaioannou A
Journal
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 756–763
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.jamda.2021.12.041
ISSN
1525-8610