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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Tables 10, 11 and 12 list of risk factors that include fall risk factors, health conditions associated with increased risk of falls, and factors associated with increased risk of falls injury.
| Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2017). Appendix E of RNAO Prevention of Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls Best Practice Guideline. (4th Ed.). Toronto, ON: Author. (p.88-91.) |
A flow chart that summarizes the steps, context, and considerations in falls prevention and injury reduction.
| Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2017). RNAO Prevention of Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls Best Practice Guideline. (4th Ed.). Toronto, ON: Author. (p.24) |
LTC Series - Personal Support Worker: Proper Positioning for Sitting is a one and a half minute Osteoporosis Canada video discusses and demonstrates how to properly position residents for sitting.
| Osteoporosis Canada. [GERAS Centre]. (2018, Feb 8). LTC Series - Personal Support Worker: Proper positioning for sitting. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssxzMpcCRDM |
LTC Series - Personal Support Worker: How to Safely Transfer In and Out of Bed is a two minute Osteoporosis Canada video discusses and demonstrates how to safely transfer residents in and out of bed.
| Osteoporosis Canada. [GERAS Centre]. (2018, Feb 8). LTC Series - Personal Support Worker: How to Safely Transfer Out/In Bed [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l93LkyHyLY&t=5s |
LTC Series - Personal Support Worker: Practicing Sit to Stands Daily is a two and a half minute Osteoporosis Canada video discusses and demonstrates how to do daily sit to stand exercises for long term care residents.
| Osteoporosis Canada. [GERAS Centre]. (2018, Feb 8). LTC Series - Personal Support Worker: Practicing Sit to Stands Daily [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUWg3x6LUgU |
A fall prevention toolkit for planning events, information on evidence informed and evaluated fall prevention programs, resources and tools for practitioners and promotional materials for organizations.
| Fall Prevention Month. (n.d.). Fall prevention month toolkit. http://fallpreventionmonth.ca/ |
These open-access interactive geriatric learning modules are based on the Geriatrics interprofessional interorganizational Collaboration (GiiC) toolkit developed by the RGPs of Ontario. Users take on a senior character and follow their journey through the health system. Registration is required to access the eLearning Modules.
Retrieved from: https://geriatricessentialselearning.ca/
Webinar Presentation by Vision Nursing Home's Kathleen Waller, BPSO Lead and Charge Nurse An overview of Vision Nursing Home's journey through their BPSO year one candidacy while implementing the Best Practice Guideline on Prevention of Falls and Fall Injuries in the Older Adult. It highlights strategies and processes during implementation and for sustainability, includes challenges and successes, data collection, monitoring and evaluation.
| Kathleen Waller. [Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario]. (2016, Jan 28). Best Practice Spotlight Organization's journey in implementing the Prevention of Falls in the Elderly best practice guideline. [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/gSqA_7fduWA |
Fallsloop is a free online communication platform for the virtual Falls community of practice (CoP). Practitioners, caregivers, researchers, older adult groups and policy planners working for the health and care of older adults come together to exchange information to problem solve and learn to implement evidence-informed and promising fall prevention practices. Register to join the Falls CoP and access free webinars and resources.
| The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (n.d.) Fall Prevention Community of Practice Loop. Retrieved from www.fallsloop.com |
This website is a source of information created for Ontario Long-term care homes regarding osteoporosis and fracture prevention. It includes resources, tools and the recommendations for preventing fractures in long-term care.
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Geriatric Education and Research in Aging Sciences (GERAS). (n.d.). Osteoporosis Long-Term Care. Retrieved from https://www.gerascentre.ca/osteoporosis-strategy-for-long-term-care/ |
