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I received an email from Jessi, with whom I have communicated about a lovely dementia patient of hers in the past. She writes:
“You were so helpful before, I wanted to ask you for more advice. If you get the chance, would you consider doing a post on reducing Fall risks? It's really been on my heart lately to seek more solutions to preventing them at the SNF I work at. Searching online has only revealed the basics we were taught in school (reducing restraints, increasing balance, ADL mobility training, Cane vs walkers, nonskid socks/shoes, education on using caregivers, etc.) but I'm really hoping for more outside of the box ideas. I recently realized that fall mats can sometimes increase fall risks instead of helping if a person is stable on a level surface but has poor balance and is getting out of bed without caregivers present, for example. If you feel like sharing your own thoughts or others' reading materials too, I am all ears! “
I received an email from Jessi, with whom I have communicated about a lovely dementia patient of hers in the past. She writes:
“You were so helpful before, I wanted to ask you for more advice. If you get the chance, would you consider doing a post on reducing Fall risks? It's really been on my heart lately to seek more solutions to preventing them at the SNF I work at. Searching online has only revealed the basics we were taught in school (reducing restraints, increasing balance, ADL mobility training, Cane vs walkers, nonskid socks/shoes, education on using caregivers, etc.) but I'm really hoping for more outside of the box ideas. I recently realized that fall mats can sometimes increase fall risks instead of helping if a person is stable on a level surface but has poor balance and is getting out of bed without caregivers present, for example. If you feel like sharing your own thoughts or others' reading materials too, I am all ears! “
Falls...
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