Managing Falls in Adult Day Services

CD-ROM Edition
ISBN 1932529195
Health Professions Press
May 2006
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Addressing issues unique to adult day care, this comprehensive CD-ROM will assist in training staff about the causes and consequences of falls, intervention strategies to reduce falls, and a falls prevention program. Based on the work of experienced falls specialists, the training tool contains:

PowerPoint staff training presentation: Reducing the Risk of Falling
screening tools
post-fall assessment tool
guidelines for a basic falls prevention program
educational handouts for families and staff
and more:
- Understanding Fall Risk
- Injury Risk Factors
- Risk of Falls in Alzheimer’s Disease
- Fall Prevention Guideline
- Fall Prevention Protocol
- Fall Prevention Policy
- Fall Risk and Intervention Screening Tool
- Post-Fall Assessment
- Canes, Walkers & Wheelchairs
- Environmental Safety
- Environmental Precautions
- Fall Prevention Poster
- Family Education Handout
- Home Safety and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Components of a Successful Fall Prevention Program

All forms and guidelines are included in both customizable Microsoft Word documents and printable PDF documents. (Operating systems: Windows 95 and up; Mac OS 8.6 and up; Adobe Acrobat Reader and PowerPoint Viewer provided on disk)

Rein Tideiksaar, Ph.D., is President of FallPrevent, LLC, a company that provides educational, legal, and marketing services in connection with fall prevention in the elderly. Dr. Tideiksaar has been active in the area of fall prevention for over fifteen years. He has directed numerous research projects on falls and has developed fall prevention programs in community, assisted living, home care, acute care hospital, and nursing facility settings. Dr. Tideiksaar has written numerous articles and book chapters on falls and related topics.

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