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A Look into the SUNBEAM Trial
Meg Lowry interviews the researcher who smashed the record for greatest reduction in falls rates in residential aged care environment - and explores how this is informing future government policy on funding exercise in aged care homes around Australia, Dr. Jennie Hewitt.
linked article: https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(17)30699-0/abstract
Hewitt, J., Goodall, S., Clemson, L., Henwood, T., & Refshauge, K. (2018). Progressive resistance and balance training for falls prevention in long-term residential aged care: A cluster randomized trial of the Sunbeam program. Journal of the American…
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