Publisher's Synopsis
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 ass;"
