Transcript Falls Awareness Training

Falls Awareness Training
Aims & Objectives
 What makes people fall?
 What are the implications of falling?
 Identify potential areas of personal
and environmental risks
 Understand what can be done to
prevent falls, and who can help
How big a problem is falls?
 Heart attacks
 Strokes
 Falls
111,000 per year
110,000 per year
2,700,000 per year
Falls In Older People
 In England, the number and rate of serious injuries
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from falling is increasing at around 10% every year.
Hip fracture incidence has been projected to increase
by 50% by 2020.
Falls and fractures in people aged 65 and over
account for 4 million bed days
Costs associated with fragility fractures estimated at
£2 billion a year
Approximately 30% of people over 65 years of age
living in the community fall each year.
Group Activity –
Personal Risk Factors
Why do older people fall?
List all the personal risk factors you think
could make an older person more likely to
fall
Main Personal Risk Factors
Balance
Medication
Blood Pressure
Vision
What are the implications?
 Physical injuries
 Loss of independence
 Psychological
 Social impact
 Carer impact
 Cost to services
Group Activity –
Environmental Risk
Factors
Why do older people fall?
List all the environmental risk factors you
think could make an older person more
likely to fall
Environmental Risk Factors
Trip Hazards
Footwear
Slippery Surfaces
Risky Behaviour
Identifying people at risk
 Ask about falls
 Use a Falls Risk Screen
 Home Hazard – self assessment tool
4. Film
Head Over Heels DVD
What can be done?
 Medical – investigations and medicine review
 Exercise – strength and balance training
 Home Hazards – O.T. and Care & Repair
 Raise Awareness – with everyone
 Think ‘Why did they fall’
 Use this Avonsafe Training Pack
Recap: Aims & Objectives
 What makes people fall?
 What are the implications of falling?
 Identify potential areas of personal
and environmental risks
 Understand what can be done to
prevent falls, and who can help
 Any Questions?
 Thank you for listening – please fill in the
evaluation sheet before you go.
 This training package has been put together
by the Avonsafe Older Peoples Group in
partnership with Somerset Coast PCT Falls
Awareness Training Group and Lifeskills.