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SK Falls - Learning Session 1B - Safer Healthcare Now!

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Change Package for Long-Term Care<br />

• Inspect & repair assistive devices (OT)<br />

• Look for reversible causes of cognitive<br />

impairment, especially if acute onset<br />

(delirium) – UTI, constipation, pain, etc<br />

• Increase supervision on the most frail and<br />

cognitively impaired patients<br />

• Hip protectors and helmets<br />

• Environmental Scan – as part of fall<br />

prevention plan<br />

4-Jun-12 Saskatchewan <strong>Falls</strong> Collaborative: Reducing <strong>Falls</strong> Reducing Harm in LTC and HC 50

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