Falls Prevention-Older People
This informative and interactive course is designed for people working at all
levels within services providing care/support for people who are vulnerable.
Whilst the course aims to provide a range of strategies in terms of prevention
and management of falls, the subject is set against a background of more general
awareness; focusing on a range of issues related to the subject.
Person Centred care principles underpin all the material.
The course certificate will provide NVQ and CIS links
Learning objectives:
By the end of this course learners should understand:
The importance of falls prevention
How a fall can lead to serious injury and life threatening complications
The incidence, statistics and consequences of falls
The organisations and workers responsibility and the potential for
litigation
The reasons why Older People might fall
Why people with Dementia might fall
Common effects on the individual of medications used in Dementia
The extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors of falls
The purpose of specific falls risk assessments and reviews
The true meaning of observation and acting within the appropriate time frame
The specific impact of visual impairment on falls
The impact of dehydration on the incidence of falls and SCIE and CQC
Guidance
The content and importance of the Anglia Water hydration study
How to encourage service users to drink
A range of strategies to prevent falls
Manual handling implications of the falling service user
NICE guidelines and their implementation
What is restraint and the implication of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
The need to promote independence and balance risk against choice
..what
is an acceptable risk?
The impact of medication and particularly polypharmacy on the balance and
risk of falls
How to promote and sustain mobility and balance
.Help the Aged guidance
The actions required by staff if they find a service user has fallen
First aid actions following a fall
Training methods:
Discussion
Care pathways
OHP/PowerPoint
Group work
Pairs work
Trainer presentations
Course handouts
CP85/4.9
