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Reducing falls in a care home
Care home residents are 3 times more likely to fall than their community dwelling peers and 10 times more likely to sustain a significant injury as a result. 2 A project commenced at a care home in Aberdeen with the aim of reducing the number of falls by 20% by 30st April 2016 using the model for improvement. Qualitative data was gathered to establish staff belief about falls and their level of...
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Objectives Elderly people are at the highest risk for falling. In order to design and implement effective interventions and reduce the incidence of falling and its resulting injuries, the relative importance of each risk factor should be determined. This study aimed to determine how frequently different factors contribute to falls among the elderly served by one home health agency in Tehran. ...
متن کاملReducing harm from falls.
Serious adverse event reporting from district health boards (DHBs) brought in-hospital falls to the attention of the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) when it was incepted in 2010. In 2012, responding to the large numbers reported, the Commission began planning for a three-year programme to reduce harm from falls, initially to run 2013-2015. In this article we discuss the seri...
متن کاملFalls in the nursing home.
OBJECTIVE To review the epidemiology and causes of falls and fall-related injuries in nursing homes and to provide clinicians with a structured framework to evaluate and treat nursing home residents at risk for falls. DATA SOURCES All large-scale published studies documenting incidence, causes, risk factors, and preventive strategies for falls in nursing homes were reviewed. RESULTS The mea...
متن کاملPsychosocial interventions for reducing antipsychotic medication in care home residents.
BACKGROUND Antipsychotic medication is regularly prescribed in care homes to control 'behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia' despite moderate efficacy, significant adverse effects, and available non-pharmacological alternatives. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to reduce antipsychotic medication in care home residents. SEARCH METHODS The Co...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Quality Improvement Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2050-1315
DOI: 10.1136/bmjquality.u214186.w5626