The government of Ontario's Act on restraints.

This scale rates a resident’s balance, and in turn, can be used to help determine resident fall risk.  Available at http://www.fallpreventiontaskforce.org/pdf/BergBalanceScale.pdf.

This scale requires systematic, reliable assessment of a client’s fall risk factors upon admission, after a fall, with a change in status, and at discharge or transfer to a new setting. Available: The National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS). Author: Morse, J. M., Morse, R., & Tylko, S. (1989)

These tools can be found and a tutorial is available at http://geriatrics.uthscsa.edu/tools/TINETTI.pdf.

Tool that can be used to develop an implementation action plan.

Worksheet from RNAO Toolkit: Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines. Assesses stakeholder influence and support and looks at strategies for engagement.

A workbook designed to introduce nurses in Long-Term Care to the basics of best practice guideline implementation.

A guide complete with a case study illustrating each step in the process to implement a falls prevention program for residents in long-term care.  

Sharing implementation tips for a falls prevention program from Best Practice Champions.

The tools listed from this site provide access to a downloadable guides to help with project accessibility, efficiency and alike.

Defining your project discusses the 3 major components: Model for Improvement, Quality Improvement Charters, and Project Execution.

The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) or Deming Cycle worksheet is a quality management planning tools.

Provides descriptions and samples of PDSA cycles, PDSA ramps and run charts, typically used to test and implement change and improvement.

The AIMS worksheet and diagram can be used to set the goals “what” and the strategies “how” when implementing the recommendations listed in the falls guideline.

These implementation strategies are found in the best practice guideline on the prevention of falls and fall injuries in the older adult.

Samples of Policies and Procedures that can be adapted to your home.

The Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) triggers a Falls RAP (Resident Assessment Protocol) for residents at risk for falling.

Slides to educate staff on falls risk and prevention.  Prepared by Hazelynn Kinney, previous LTC Best Practice Coordinator, Central East Region.  Based on the Toronto Best Practice Implementation Steering Committee’s Policy and Procedure ‘Falls Prevention and Management’ (2006).

This is a 10-minute DVD linking osteoporosis and falls prevention.  The Osteoporosis strategy will be distributing a free copy of this DVD to each of Ontario’s LTC homes in the winter of 2009.  If you wish to order an additional copy contact the Osteoporosis strategy at: http://www.osteostrategy.on.ca/multimedia/Purchase%20Order%20Form%20Osteoporosis%20LTC%20online.

The Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum© (CFPC) is designed to build on existing knowledge and skills of health professionals and community leaders working in the area of falls prevention among older adults (those 65 and over). The CFPC was developed under the leadership of Dr. Vicky Scott, Senior Advisor on Fall and Injury Prevention for the British Columbia Health Authorities and a team of experts in fall prevention from across Canada.

Found in: Hamilton Health Sciences (2008). Best Practice for Prevention of Falls.

A study about fall risk factors and interventions for falls. Todd C, Skelton D (2004). What are the main risk factors for falls among older people and what are the most effective interventions to prevent these falls? Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe (Health Evidence Network report; http://www.euro.who.int/document/E82552.pdf, accessed February 2009).

A resource for service providers on reducing restraint use in the health care setting.  Order form resource only.

This contains checklists and tools for planning your evaluation.

This evaluation guide provides an easy-to-use comprehensive framework for project evaluation.
 

A published report compiled by the British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit looking at assessment tools across different settings including LTC. http://www.injuryresearch.bc.ca/categorypages.aspx?catid=1&subcatid=7&catname=Injury%20Topics&subcatname=Falls%20Prevention Reference: Scott, V., Votova, K., Scanlan, A., Close, J. (2007).
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