Does Personal Assistance Substitute for Mobility Devices: A Simultaneous Equations Approach

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Falls Prevention and Disability

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Poster

Board 1

Updated Healthcare Cost Estimates of Fall-Related Injuries Among Older Adults
Geoffrey Hoffman, PhD, Susan Ettner, PhD, Ron Hays, PhD, Martin Shapiro, MD, PhD and Steven Wallace, PhD

Board 2

Challenges of Reducing the Risk of Falls in Community-dwelling Elderly with dementia : The Double Jeopardy
Jane Bear-Lehman, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Victoria H. Raveis, PhD, James Galvin, MD, Valery Lanyi, MD, Monique Carrero, MS, Sharon Tepfer, MS and Daniel G. Karus, MS

Board 3

State-based surveillance: Rising cost of fall-related hospitalization in Texas
Samuel Towne, PhD, MPH, CPH, Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, CHES, SangNam Ahn, PhD, MPSA, Yajuan Li, Diane Dowdy, Ph.D. and Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH

Board 4

Board 5

Board 6

Board 7

Gender differences in mobility device use among U.S. older adults
Lindsay Peterson, M.S., Hongdao Meng, MPH, PhD, Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP and Debra Dobbs, PhD

Board 8

Stability in Physical Function among Older Mexican Americans
Bret Howrey, PhD, Kristen Peek, PhD and Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD

Board 9

Board 10

Does Personal Assistance Substitute for Mobility Devices: A Simultaneous Equations Approach
Hongdao Meng, MPH, PhD and Lindsay Peterson, M.S.

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care Section, Vision Care, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, Disability

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