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Falls in older people: QS86
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Place of publication:
- London
Updated NICE quality standard which sets out best practice for health and social care professionals in preventing falls in older people and assessing older people after a fall. The standard covers older people who are living in the community or staying in hospital. It includes eight quality statements, which cover: identifying older people at risk; multifactorial risk assessment and intervention; checking for injury after an inpatient fall; moving people safely after a fall; strength and balance training, and home hazard assessment and intervention. It highlights the value of health and social care practitioners asking questions about falls during routine appointments to identify older people most at risk and the importance of offering multifactoral falls risk assessment to help to prevent falls, (Edited publisher abstract)
Falls in older people: assessment after a fall and preventing further falls: QS86
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
This quality standard covers assessment after a fall and preventing further falls in older people living in the community and during a hospital stay. It covers secondary prevention which focuses on interventions targeted at older people with a history of falls. The standard consists of concise and measurable quality statements designed to support the improvement. The quality statements cover: checks for injury after an inpatient fall; safe manual handling after an inpatient fall; medical examination after an inpatient fall; multifactoral falls risk assessment; strength and balance training; and home hazard assessment and interventions. This standard was updated in 2017. (Edited publisher abstract)
National service framework for older people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 3 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
... that all older people and their carers are always treated with respect, dignity and fairness. The overall aim is to ensure consistent services across the country and reduce variations in standards and service levels. The document sets out standards for: rooting out age discrimination; person centred care; intermediate care; general hospital care; stroke; falls; mental health in older people;
Service framework for older people
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 269
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This Service Framework for Older People is one of a range of Service Frameworks which set out standards for health and social care to be used by patients, service users, carers and their wider families to help them understand the standard of care they can expect to receive in Northern Ireland. It sets standards in relation to people over 65 whilst taking account of the needs of those over 50, where appropriate, particularly in relation to preventative measures. The Framework sets standards in relation to: Person-centred Care; Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement; Safeguarding; Carers; Conditions more Common in Older People; Medicines Management and Transitions of Care. Each standard is accompanied by a statement on what the standard is intended to achieve. It also sets out the evidence base and rationale for the development of the standard, the impact of the standard on quality improvement as well as the performance indicators that will be used to measure that the standard during the three year period 2013 - 2016. The Framework has been developed by multidisciplinary Programme Board with the involvement of patients, users of services and their carers. The Framework will be regularly review in the light of new evidence. (Edited publisher abstract)
National Service Framework for Older People in Wales
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 236p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
... Dependency (new standard); Intermediate Care; Hospital care; Stroke; Falls and Fractures; Mental Health in Older People; and Medicines and Older people.