Fall Prevention Program Guideline
This reference correlates to the online continuing education course
Managing Falls In the Nursing Home: Who, Why, and What Next?.
Fall Risk Assessment |
To identify fall and injury risk |
Factors to Assess:
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Diseases
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Drugs
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Cognition
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Elimination
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Ambulation Aids
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Mobility
When to Assess:
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Upon Admission
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Change of Condition
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Medication changes
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Post-Fall
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Care Plan |
To design strategies aimed at reducing fall/injury risk |
Multidisciplinary strategies targeted at identified risk factors |
Post Fall Assessment |
To identify why fall occurred/to prevent further falls |
Components:
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Rule out injury
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Circumstances of fall (symptoms, location, activity
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Environmental hazards
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Reassess fall risk factors
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Root Cause Analysis (why fall occurred?)
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Follow-Up |
To determine whether intervention(s) are working to reduce fall risk |
If no falls, continue care plan. If falls, ask why? Revisit risk assessment/care plan |
Tideiksaar, R. Falls in Older People: Prevention and Management. 4th Edition.
Health Professions Press, Baltimore, MD 2010