Falls in older people: prevention and management

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Falling is one of the most predictable and complex problems facing staff and older adults in institutional settings. To solve it, you need a different perspective, different expertise-and Falls in Older People thoroughly fills that need! This quick reference is jam-packed with practical strategies and assessment and management tools. Highly accessible, this practical manual explores the intrinsic and extrinsic factors involved in falls; analyzes the consequences of falls with respect to older adults, their families, and the facility; provides a clinical assessment of fall risk and actual falls, plus intervention strategies for both; facilitates the adoption and implementation of an interdisciplinary approach-the most successful way to prevent falls; All the medical, rehabilitative, and environmental strategies in prevention and management are here, along with a foolproof, reliable, differential diagnosis assessment tool-performance-oriented environmental mobility screen (POEMS)-that takes less than 10 minutes to do! tie-ins to the MDS; recommendations for restraint reduction or elimination; numerous forms that can be easily adapted for in-service handouts or overheads; four new assessment guidelines-Bed Safety, Siderail Use, Fall Risk, and Restraint/Nonrestraint Use; two new calculation tools for measuring fall rates and restraint use rates; new case studies, with individual question-and-answer sections; a new eyes/ears program, an ""early-warning"" system for fall risk; a summary of best practices for fall prevention interventions in acute care hospitals and nursing facilities; a comprehensive bibliography covering falls-related topics; Frontline and direct care staff responsible for care planning, place your order today for the book that the Journal of Gerontological Nursing has called ""the most useful book ever published on the subject of falls and older adults.""