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Camu ‘Mlaen Falls Prevention
Service
Rhian Dawson
Background
2 year Initiative funded through WAG
Independence and Well Being Grant until
March 2011
Based on Evidence from 2006 DToC Audit
and Falls Prevention Events
Carmarthenshire wide initiative supported by
Canllaw Locality Teams
Service Specification
Identification of those at Risk of Falling or
have Fallen
- Falls Events
- A&E Liaison
- Careline / Telecare Liaison
- Welsh Ambulance Service Trust
- Primary Care Health and Social Care
Professionals
Service Specification cont’d
Multi Factorial Falls Risk Assessment
(MFFRA)
Referral to Services to reduce the risk of
falling (Rehabilitation and Treatment) and
Serious Injury
Postural Stability Intervention Programmes
Service Specification cont’d
Increase Awareness of Falls Prevention
Agenda among Health and Social Care
Professionals
Qualitative and Quantitative Data Collection
to Support Future Service Sustainability
Case Study One
PC 77 year old male ‘embarrassing’ slip in
town - lost his footing. Passers by called
ambulance
PMH Nil of Note
DH Nil of Note
NBI. Discharged Home
Case Study One
EPR FRAT > 4
Smart, articulate Gentleman who Lives Alone
Dismissive - ‘Silly Problem’
Became Apparent that the ‘Embarrassing Slips’
Occurred Frequently (every other day)
‘Blackness comes over my eyes and I have to sit
down’
BP within Normal Limits
Irregular Heart Rate – Bradycardic
Referred to Cardiology via GP
Case Study Two
83 year Old Female, Known OP, Smoker, Asthma
Newly Discharged from Hospital following Chest
Infection and Collapse ? Cause
Discharged with Red Cross HFH
Privately Owned Terraced House
Bathroom and Toilet Facilities Upstairs
Bed Moved Downstairs and Given Commode
No Other Community Services Involved
Case Study Two cont’d
Uses Commode to PU at Night Only
Empties Commode in Outside Toilet Which She
Also Uses by Day – ‘Told Not to Use Upstairs
Anymore’
Outside Toilet Accessed via Back Door and Up a
Step Which She Holds onto Garden Wall to
Access
Washes in Lean To Kitchen, Standing in Baby
Bath, Dousing Herself with Water While Holding
Onto Wall
Uses Stove to Heat Kitchen In Winter
How To Access
A&E Presentation Following Fall
999 Fallers
Careline / Telecare Fallers
Mynydd Mawr Hospital 01269 833349
Fax Referral 01269 832913
Any Questions?
Diolch / Thankyou