Falls in Older People Prevention & Management, Third Edition By Rein Tideiksaar, Ph.D.

Falling is one of the most predictable and complex problems facing staff and older adults in institutional settings. To solve it, you need a different perspective, different expertise—and Falls in Older People thoroughly fills that need!

This quick reference is jam-packed with practical strategies and assessment and management tools. Highly accessible, this practical manual

• explores the intrinsic and extrinsic factors involved in falls
  
  
• analyzes the consequences of falls with respect to older adults, their families, and the facility
  
  
• provides a clinical assessment of fall risk and actual falls, plus intervention strategies for both
  
  
• facilitates the adoption and implementation of an interdisciplinary approach—the most successful way to prevent falls
  

All the medical, rehabilitative, and environmental strategies in prevention and management are here, along with

• A foolproof, reliable, differential diagnosis assessment tool—performance-oriented environmental mobility screen (POEMS)—that takes less than 10 minutes to do!
  
• Tie-ins to the MDS
  
  
• Recommendations for restraint reduction or elimination
  
  
• Numerous forms that can be easily adapted for in-service handouts or overheads
  
  
• Four new assessment guidelines—Bed Safety, Siderail Use, Fall Risk, and Restraint/Nonrestraint Use
  
  
• Two new calculation tools for measuring fall rates and restraint use rates
  
  
• Six new case studies, with individual question-and-answer section
  
  
• A new eyes/ears program, an “early-warning” system for fall risk
  
  
• The best practices in staff-, older adult-, and environment-related fall prevention interventions in acute care hospitals and nursing facilities
  
  
• A comprehensive bibliography covering falls-related topics germane to hospitals, nursing facilities, restraints, and siderails