Falls And Fall Prevention In Health Care: A Case Study

Falls are one of the most common injury in a health care facility. It is the leading cause of “morbidity and mortality for people older than 65 years” (Touhy & Jet, 2012, p. 207). This age group is common in Windsor Manor Rehabilitation Center in Concord, California. Most of the patients in Windsor are older adults with impaired cognition, gait, visual acuity, and muscle strength, and experiencing chronic pain – putting them in high risk for falling. In fact, their CASPER Report (2016) states that 116 of their patients have a high risk for falls, and 50 of them sustained a fall. Exercise, education, medication review, use of assistive devices, vision correction, vitamin D supplement, home and environment modification, and fall risk assessment …show more content…
Key words used are: falls, systemic review, and aged. Inclusion criteria for randomized control trials (RCTs) are: 60 years or over participants or with stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and other medical condition, living in community, hospitals, or care homes, and comparison of multiple intervention from single, multifactorial, or no intervention. The authors used the NHS Centre for Review and Dissemination protocol that is located at the Peninsula Collaboration for Applied Research and Care website. Thus, nurses and other healthcare providers can read and understand the review easily since the authors follows a guideline for writing and conducting a proper systematic review. For more information, see Appendix