Fall Prevention In Health Care

Fall prevention in healthcare settings is currently a critical and common and important topic among healthcare officials and organizations. Healthcare institutions are trying to ascertain the determinants as to why individuals are at an increased risk for falls. One healthcare establishment that has noted an increased incidence of falls is nursing homes. Individuals who reside in a nursing home setting and have some type of cognitive impairment such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and those who take multiple medications pose a heightened risk for falls. Nursing homes can implement this research by examining which determinants many of their residents acquire in order to prevent falls in their facilities. Knowing these determinants, officials and healthcare establishments can implement and enhance patients’ quality of life by creating fall prevention plans for their residents. …show more content…
The researchers investigated which determinants such as health, dementia, gait, and age would be among factors associated with nursing home residents have a higher number of falls. Researchers, Kröpelin, Nevens, Halfens, Kempen, and Hamers (2012), analyzed eight articles explored why nursing home residents have a higher prevalence of falls. The researchers studied these articles to determine that researchers decided that psychotropic drugs, dementia, age, coordination, and other factors contributed to the increase risk of falls. The researchers determined that more studies need to be conducted to provide more information to conclude which category experienced more falls such as individuals with dementia, age groups, or residents who took more medications compared to