Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (RQHR) Home Care Falls Prevention Program
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Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (RQHR) Home Care Falls Prevention Program
Aim: reduce falls and injury from falls by 20% by March 2012
Objective:
• Establish baseline data
• Establish pilot
• Target education
Home Care - Changes Tested
• Survey staff on their definition of a “fall”
• Develop and trial a Home Safety Checklist
• Develop a Falls Diary
• Educate all Home Care staff on Fall prevention
• Begin reporting all unwitnessed falls
• Develop 2 pilots – this includes establishing the
process of identifying clients at risk and
implementing an intervention
Home Care - Measures
Pilot area 82 (Fort Qu’Appelle/Belcarres) – • 3rd quarter (Oct/Nov/Dec 2011) reporting
indicates that 166 clients were assessed during that time and 52 % triggered the falls cap
Pilot area 45 (Downtown Regina) – • 3rd quarter (Oct/Nov/Dec 2011) reporting
indicates that 386 clients were assessed and 57 % triggered the falls cap
Home Care - Measures
Pilot area 82 – has been very successful. Clients are getting assessed by the case manager, when falls cap triggered – Home Health Aides (HHA) are sent out to complete Home Safety Checklist and Falls Diary. Referrals are being made from this to therapies for further assessment and education – numbers are not in yet but we know that several therapy referral have been made.
Pilot area 45 – we know that barriers exist that are preventing the HHA from being referred to client. We are in the process of investigating these barriers.
Home Care - Measures
Confidential Occurrence Reporting is on the increase
• We have doubled the number of unwitnessed/witnessed falls being reported in the last quarter
1st quarter reports (Apr/May/June 2011)
2nd quarter reports
(July/Aug/Sept 2011)
3rd quarter reports
(Oct/Nov/Dec 2011)
11 10 20
Next steps:• review and revise pilots as
needed• possibly implement Vitamin D• Implement the maple leaf with
the 3 questions on the front of all Home Care in-home Charts
• Implement post fall intervention• Continue with the Home Safety
Checklist• Continue to Educate on Falls