ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Guidelines for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons
Falls and Fall Risk: Clinical Practice Guideline
Prevention of Falls & Fall Injuries in the Older Adult
Prevention of Falls in Long-term Care Facilities
Other Available Guidelines
Recurrent Fallers
Best Practices
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Toolkit
Case Examples
Reporting Falls
Data from incident-reporting systems have been used successfully in disciplines other than health care to improve safety. This study tested the effect of a falls menu-driven incident-reporting system (MDIRS) on quality-improvement efforts in nursing homes. For a summary of the study see: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/jun06/0606RA20.htm
Incident Report Template [docf]
Gerontologist Paper [pdf]
The Falls Management Program
This interdisciplinary program is designed to assist nursing facilities in improving their fall care processes and outcomes through educational and quality improvement tools. See the below website for the tools to this program: http://tinyurl.com/3dsjpt
