Falls Awareness Training

1
Falls Awareness Training
2
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

3
How big a problem is falls?

• Heart attacks
• Strokes
• Falls

• 111,000 per year
• 110,000 per year
• 2,700,000 per year

4
Falls In Older People

• In England, the number and rate of serious
  injuries 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.

5
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

6
Main Personal Risk Factors
7
(No Transcript)
8
(No Transcript)
9
(No Transcript)
10
What are the implications?

• Physical injuries
• Loss of independence
• Psychological
• Social impact
• Carer impact
• Cost to services

11
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

12
Environmental Risk Factors
13
Identifying people at risk

• Ask about falls
• Use a Falls Risk Screen
• Home Hazard self assessment tool

14
4. Film

• Head Over Heels DVD

15
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

16
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?

17

• 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.