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Stepping in : Long-term care collaborative falls prevention project

12 Dec 2005

The model for falls prevention addressed the determinants of health that put residents of care facilities at greatest risk of sustaining a fall and related injuries and strengthened their capacities, and the capacities of those who care for them, through the creation of networks of support and information. [...] The meeting would be used to present the findings of the project, discuss the practical implications, seek input as to the best format for packaging the program for wider dissemination, discuss the minimum analysis. [...] Shanthi Johnson organized a Falls Awareness Day on April 15, 2004 to recognize the commitment of the management and staff of the Wolfville Nursing Home during the project and to mark the official end of the project. [...] The contribution of the use of narcotic analgesics to fall-related injuries may be a combination of the side effects of the medication and the contribution of the underlying cause of the pain for which the medication is being prescribed. [...] This final evaluation report covers the period from June 2002 to March 2005, with an emphasis on the period since the Interim Evaluation Report, October 2003 to March 2005, including the intervention phase of data collection, the development of an onsite reporting system, the collection and analysis of CIHI-DAD falls injury data, and the dissemination of project results.
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Authors

Gallagher, Elaine

Pages
46
Published in
Canada

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