Preventing Falls in Older People

Venue: Online Training Course

Date: 16 May 2024

Synopsis: Almost a third of older people experience a fall every year, with 5% of these falls leading to a fracture and hospitalisation, at an estimated cost of £435 million to the NHS.

As outlined in the 2023 Urgent and Emergency Care plan, NHS England is looking to standardise and scale up falls and frailty services to increase access to joined up approaches across inpatient and community care. With falls becoming increasingly common, contributing to discharge delay through longer-term hospital stays, it is now more crucial than ever that the health and social care, voluntary and local government sectors have effective fall prevention services in place.

Join this one-day interactive training course on Preventing Falls in Older People to learn how to plan, structure and deliver effective fall prevention strategies. Featuring practical examples from different settings and group collaboration sessions, this course analyses the key areas of effective falls prevention plans, including evaluating the causes of falls, multifactorial assessments, and personalised interventions. In a highly interactive day, you will work together with peers to identify effective strategies for managing and preventing falls and clarify their potential for a tailored fall prevention strategy to implement in your organisation.

Details:

Learning Objectives:

• Understand and implement the updated NICE and related national guidance
• Engage with the process of multifactorial assessment and intervention
• Learn how to prevent falls among older people with delirium and dementia
• Discuss how to effectively report and respond to falls
• Create a successful fall prevention strategy for primary and secondary care

URL:
https://www.insidegovernment.co.uk/event/falls-fa7p5

Contact:
https://www.insidegovernment.co.uk/event/falls-fa7p5