Highland Hospital draws attention to fall prevention among seniorsScott Johnson
Our Falls Prevention Program has been created based on Best Practice guidelines. Upon admission, every resident receives a full assessment of fall risk, considering many factors including, but not limited to: Current mobility level History of falls ...
Preventing in-hospital falls is an important goal in avoiding poor patient outcomes. In this quasi-experimental study, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of a nurse-led fall prevention program in a 300-bed Swiss hospital. Four hundred and nine patients (internal medicine) were included: interv...
The present invention is a fall-prevention device for the backrest of a hospital bed, wherein fall-prevention devices are configured on both sides of the backrest rack which inclination angle can be adjusted. The fall-prevention device includes fall-prevention racks that are coupled to the both ...
The article focuses on fall prevention for hospitalized persons to improve the quality of care and keep patients safe. It discusses the development of a fall prevention team at Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) which includes nurses, certified nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and physical thera...
Older adults at risk for falls are less likely to suffer fall-related hospitalizations when they have a "fall plan of care," according to new research featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University at New York.
In particular, hip fractures can lead to complications like deep vein thromboembolism and infection, resulting in prolonged hospital stays and increased mortality rates [32]. The financial burden associated with fall-related injuries is substantial, with costs ranging from $16 per person per incident ...
Cordless Fall Prevention Alarm Receiver / Monitor - for Elderly Home and Hospital Care Use Model: PA-44WP-3 Wireless Alarm ReceiverGiftshine cordless fall monitor (PA-44WP-3) has a wireless receiver for signals from cordless bed sensor pad,...
Objective. The aim of the present study was to establish the point prevalence of 'suboptimal' features in footwear reported to have been used by older hospital patients when ambulating, and to explore underpinning factors for their choice of footwear.Chari, Satyan R....
An interesting proof of the geriaters’ viewpoint in the context of fall prevention can be inferred from Selinger et al. [95], whose team discovered that gait is optimized in real time. The inference is that a gait deviation has an underlying biological cause, which could be reverse ...