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Preventing Falls-Interventions In Geriatric Psychiatry Patients: An Overview Of Current Literature, Samantha Beckwith
Preventing Falls-Interventions In Geriatric Psychiatry Patients: An Overview Of Current Literature, Samantha Beckwith
Maine Medical Center
PREVENTING FALLS-INTERVENTIONS IN GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY PATIENTS: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE
Samantha Beckwith, BSN, RN, PMH-BC, P6
Background: The Inpatient Psychiatry unit at Maine Medical Center (P6) is a 21-bed unit specializing in geriatric and medical psychiatry. The majority of patients have a primary diagnosis of Dementia with Behavioral Disturbance. The unit features 12 double occupancy rooms and one single occupancy room, as well as a large activity room. Patients participate in a therapeutic milieu in which they are encouraged to interact with other patients in common areas and ambulate around the unit. The average number of patients is 19.6 …