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Preventing falls in older people: charting practice change by audit

Preventing falls in older people: charting practice change by audit
Preventing falls in older people: charting practice change by audit
Before an audit project in one trust there was no formal means of assessing the risk of falling among older patients. By raising staff awareness and consulting on the best evidence available, a specific falls-risk assessment has been developed and is now widely used. Follow-up audits have demonstrated a change in practice which it is hoped will bring about a reduction in falls.
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Mitchell, Eileen
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Dyer, J.
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Mitchell, Eileen
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Dyer, J.
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Mitchell, Eileen and Dyer, J. (2002) Preventing falls in older people: charting practice change by audit. Professional Nurse, 17 (11), 665 - 668.

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Abstract

Before an audit project in one trust there was no formal means of assessing the risk of falling among older patients. By raising staff awareness and consulting on the best evidence available, a specific falls-risk assessment has been developed and is now widely used. Follow-up audits have demonstrated a change in practice which it is hoped will bring about a reduction in falls.

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Published date: 2002

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Local EPrints ID: 17984
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/17984
PURE UUID: 27e27fc7-552e-4540-9070-4a9106293ed9

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Date deposited: 18 Nov 2005
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 15:46

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Author: Eileen Mitchell
Author: J. Dyer

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