Fall Prevention Program Guideline
Provides an overview of the essential components of a fall prevention program. The guideline serves to increase staff knowledge/awareness of the clinical process steps, and may also function as an in-service handout.
| Steps | Purpose | Strategies |
| Fall Risk Assessment | To identify fall and injury risk | Factors to Assess:
When to Assess:
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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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| 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