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Resources - Falls

The Preventing Falls Resource Pack

  1. Falls Starter Pack (PDF, 262 KB, 1 page)
  2. The Definition of a Fall (PDF, 274 KB, 1 page)
  3. MDT Approach (PDF, 354 KB, 1 page)
  4. Safety Stick (PDF, 327 KB, 1 page)
  5. Safety Stick Example (PDF, 361 KB, 1 page)
  6. Falls Risk Identifier (PDF, 266 KB, 1 page)
  7. Changes to Consider (PDF, 278 KB, 1 page)
  8. Falls Prevention Record (PDF, 260 KB, 1 page)
  9. Falls Prevention Record Example (PDF, 261 KB, 1 page)
  10. The Multi Factorial Falls Risk Assessment Tool (Acutes) (PDF, 1.17 MB, 2 pages)
  11. Falls Prevention Compliance Tool (PDF, 672 KB, 3 pages)

The QI Collaborative Participant Handbook

The Quality Improvement Collaborative Participant Handbook (PDF, 869 KB, 24 pages)

QI Toolkit

The QI Toolbox is an online resource developed by the National Quality Improvement Team. The resource will help staff with Quality Improvement projects in any healthcare setting. It applies tried and tested improvement methods to the process of improving quality. The resource will help staff with Quality Improvement projects in any healthcare setting. It applies tried and tested improvement methods to the process of improving quality.

This toolkit contains some tools which should make carrying out a project easier. The project map shares the 4 phases of the project starting out with a ‘light bulb’ moment right through to the sustainability plan.

There are some tools that you will find helpful for all projects and some tools may be more applicable to your project than others. Your line manager, local QI enthusiast or project sponsor may be able to help you when deciding which tools are relevant for your project.

Reading List

Falls 2020

Falls remain the most commonly reported incident within the HSE and HSE funded services with 35,187 falls reported in 2018, including 15,773 in acute hospitals and 15,027 in social care. Furthermore, a study undertaken by The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (2007) estimated that fall-related injuries in older people would increase from a conservative €922m – €1077m by 2020 and by 2030 the cost will be approximately €1587m – €2043m, in the absence of a National Fall and Fracture Prevention Strategy being implemented. To this end, the National Quality Improvement team in partnership with key stakeholders are leading out of a series of QI collaboratives with a focus to reduce avoidable falls using a suite of evidence based interventions.

The focus through the quality improvement collaboratives is to reduce avoidable falls, as they are:

  • debilitating and painful and can contribute to mortality rates
  • an increasing problem that affects thousands of people every year
  • in some cases preventable

Resources to support your improvement journey in reducing falls

Falls and Bone Health background

Collaborative Learning Sessions

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