According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three adults aged 65+ falls each year. These falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among older adults. Preventing falls is especially a challenge in every nursing home. We would like to highlight two resources and an upcoming educational opportunity to help assess fall risk and prevent falls in nursing home facilities.
STEADI: Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created this comprehensive toolkit to assess and address resident fall risks. It provides:
• tools to make falls prevention part of your processes,
• methods to obtain background information about patients’ falls,
• case studies,
• validated tests to assess fall risk, and patient resources.
Strategies for Reducing Falls in Long-Term Care
This article, featured in the Annals of Long Term Care, advocates for performing a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) immediately after a fall to dig deeper than obvious reasons for the fall. It also provides case studies with step-by-step RCAs to help determine the right tools and techniques for preventing future falls.
Upcoming WebEx Opportunity: New Look at Managing Falls
Thursday, February 2, 2017
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (CT)
National mobility and alarms expert, Sue Ann Guildermann, will discuss strategies and interventions to prevent falls among nursing home residents.
Following this webinar, participants will be better able to:
• Utilize Root Cause Analysis (RCA) in the investigation and prevention of resident falls
• Analyze the internal, external and systemic conditions and operations that may contribute to the causes of resident falls
• Identify the appropriate interventions to the causes of the falls
There is no need to register. CE credit is being offered for attending. This WebEx is brought to you by the Great 8+ Partnership.
Click here for additional details.
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/falls/adultfalls.html