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.
Elderly Mental Health Services, North Dorset Primary Care NHS Trust.
Eileen
E
Mitchell
John
J
Dyer
D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data