The following resource is designed to assist Long-Term Care (LTC) homes with the implementation of the Prevention of Falls and Fall Injuries in the Older Adult Best Practice Guideline. Documents found in this resource are evidence-based, but it is not a program plan. Each LTC home is unique and each home is in various stages of guideline implementation. LTC homes are advised to use the resource at their discretion. For those resources that have copyright notations, it is recommended that LTC homes obtain permission from the primary author prior to implementing them within their setting. The Toolkit is a dynamic resource, and is being updated and revised on a regular basis by the LTC Best Practices Program team. Visit this site often to see what's new!
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A tool to assist with comparing your organization’s current practice with evidence-based RNAO best practice recommendations.
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2022) Gap Analysis- Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls. Toronto. ON
A summary of the recommendations of RNAOs Best Practice Guideline on Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls (4th ed.).
| Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2017). RNAO Prevention of Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls Best Practice Guideline. (4th Ed.). Toronto, ON: Author. (p.11-14). |
The purpose of this guideline is to outline evidence-based approaches for preventing falls and reducing fall injuries for adults.
| Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2017). RNAO Prevention of Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls Best Practice Guideline. (4th Ed.). Toronto, ON: Author. |
This work is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/prevention-falls-and-fall-injuries
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention developed the STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries) initiative which includes educational materials and tools to improve fall prevention.
https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/patient.html
A validated fall risk self-assessment tool developed by the Greater Los Angeles VA Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center and affiliates.
Seniors BC, Authors: Vivrette, Rubenstein, Martin, Josephson & Kramer, 2011). This brochure is adapted with the permission of J.Stevens, R.Vivrette, J.Kramer, & L. Rubenstein
Best Practices for Developing an Effective Fall Huddle Program
© 2023 SafelyYou, Inc.
The Falls Risk Management (FRM) Post‐Falls Review sets out to describe the elements that are required for a post‐falls review within a comprehensive FRM strategy to support patient safety and quality improvement. https://www.fallpreventionmonth.ca/uploads/2019%20toolkit/Post%20Falls%20Review.pdf
Alberta Health © 2023 Government of Alberta
This falls prevention poster lists approaches for safe environments, mobility, fall risk reduction and engaging patients and families.
Sources: Degelau et al., 2012; Scott, 2013; Wallis & Campbell, 2011.
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2017). RNAO Prevention of Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls Best Practice Guideline. (4th Ed.). Toronto, ON: Author. Pg. 115
This work is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
A Successful story of a Falls Prevention Program.
Ontario Regulation 246/22 was made under The Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 (FLTCA) was proclaimed into force to regulate Ontario's long-term care home sector April 11, 2022.
Government of Ontario (2022) Ontario Regulation 246/22. Toronto ( ON) retrieved from O. Reg. 246/22: GENERAL (ontario.ca)
