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| Elderly fallers: a baseline audit of admissions to a day hospital for elderly people | | Author(s) | Anne McIntyre |
| Journal title | British Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol 62, no 6, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 244-248 |
| Keywords | Falls ; At risk ; Admission ; Day hospitals ; Multi disciplinary ; Evaluation ; Wycombe. |
| Annotation | Falls in older people are a major problem for health and social services, because of the incidence of injury and the fear of falling as a disabling consequence. It seemed that many admissions to a South Buckinghamshire day hospital for older people were as a result of falls. A retrospective and concurrent caseload audit was carried out of medical and occupational therapy notes, the aim being to establish the incidence of falls among the day hospital population, with a view to improving the quality of the service. 56 of 196 people admitted over the 12-month period had fallen at least once. Of these, 73% had no apparent predisposing factor for their fall, and 39% were not carrying out any obvious activity at the time. 59% had an increase in social support due to decreased confidence and mobility after the fall. A multidisciplinary team approach was reinforced, and the management of patients' problems on an individual basis was to be continued. The adoption of the audit data collection form as a checklist to facilitate future assessment was recommended. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991015201 A |
| Classmark | OLF: CA3: QKH: LDD: 3DM: 4C: 8BUC * |
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