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Preventing Falls In Long-Term Care Using Patient-Centered Fall Interventions, Angela Blakley
Preventing Falls In Long-Term Care Using Patient-Centered Fall Interventions, Angela Blakley
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Practice Problem: The practice problem identified within the Community Living Center included continuous falls, despite using current fall prevention strategies and provider-driven interventions. Baseline data reflected a fall rate of 4.2 in the long-term care areas despite improving the fall prevention program.
PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was: In older adult residents (P), what is the effect of a standing operating procedure (SOP) using patient-centered interventions (I) compared to physician-driven fall interventions (C) on decreasing falls and falls with injuries (O) within one month (T)?
Evidence: In twelve high-quality articles that fit the eligibility criteria and …