Required pre-reading

Please ensure you have read the following before the first session:

  1. Femoral neck fracture
  2. Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Hip Fracture Care
  3. Medical care of older persons in residential aged care facilities
  4. Clinician Fact Sheet: Hip Fracture Care
  5. Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard
  6. Consumer Fact Sheet: Hip Fracture Care
  7. Minimum Standards for the Management of Hip Fractures
  8. Clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and older men

Recommended references

The following are recommended scholarly articles relating to this patient:

  1. A systematic review of undisplaced femoral neck fracture treatments for patients over 65 years of age, with a focus on union rates and avascular necrosis
  2. Hip Fractures in Elderly People: Surgery or No Surgery? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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