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Physiotherapy interventions for people with dementia and a hip fracture-a scoping review of the literature.
(2017-12)
BACKGROUND: People with dementia are 2.7 times more likely to suffer a hip fracture than those without and their management is estimated to cost £0.92 billion per year. Yet there has been little focus on the effectiveness ...
The experiences of physiotherapists treating people with dementia who fracture their hip.
(2017-04-20)
BACKGROUND: It is estimated that people with dementia are approximately three times more likely to fracture their hip than sex and age matched controls. A report by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy found that this ...