Early Home Rehabilitation for the Patient with a Hip Fracture
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in British Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Vol. 55 (9) , 351-354
- https://doi.org/10.1177/030802269205500909
Abstract
This article is a report on the Peterborough hip fracture project, which is uniquely facilitated by the availability of the hospital at home service. It discusses the results of the first 44 months of the project and describes the role of the occupational therapist in this team approach to the management of the elderly patient with a broken hip.Keywords
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