How to prevent falls in your aged care facility.
Prepared by: Nick Heywood-Smith
Presented by: Wellness & Lifestyles Australia
Preventing falls in your facility can significantly reduce the incidence of injury and prevent hospital admissions!
Have any of your residents sustained injuries following a fall? Do you have multiple residents at your facility who are at risk of falls? You’re not alone! According to recent statistics, 15% of elderly people who suffer a hip fracture die within one year and 50% are unable to walk again.
That is why W&L has created this training ho how to prevent falls in your facility.
What this training can do for you…
- Educate your staff on the facts about falls
- Educate your staff on the importance of falls risk assessments
- Improve your understanding on risk factors associated with falls
- Improve your understanding on effective falls prevention strategies
- Reduce the incidence of injury in your facility from falls
Included in this training is…
- Definition of a fall
- Facts about falls
- Falls risk assessments
- Falls risk factors
- Falls prevention strategies
- Injury prevention intervention
- Best practice guidelines
Who should do this training?
You should use this training if you work in an aged care facility, work with elderly clients or care for an elderly family member.
This training session provides care staff with a concise reference on falls.
The sites we have provided this training for have reported a reduced incidence of injury from falls and the devastating effects a hip fracture can have on a client.
The education session does not cover all strategies to reduce injury from falls, however it will provide a value core understanding for staff to provide a higher level of care. It is set out in an easy to follow format which benefits all levels of staff. It is important for staff to understand and appreciate that an understanding of falls and why they occur is vital to be able to prevent them and the serious injuries that can be sustained including hip fractures.
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