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Falls Prevention is
everyone’s business® Lorraine Lovitt December 2012
NSW
7 Rural & Regional LHDs
NSW 8 Metro LHDs
Number of hospitals
BEDS NUMBER
> 500 8
200 - 500 18
100 - 200 23
50 - 100 27
10 - 50 119
Less 10 31
Total 226
Falls plan 2011 – 2015
Policy Directive Compliance with this policy directive is mandatory. Doc No: PD2011_029 Nine Action Areas
NSW Falls Incidents by Actual SAC Jan – Dec 2011
SAC 1 26
SAC 2 392
SAC 3 13016
SAC 4 12383
No SAC 559 Total falls Notifications 26376
Rate per 1000 bed days 4.17
Mental Status
Toileting
Mobility & Transfer
Falls Risk Screen
Falls Risk Assessment & management plan
Anticoagulants
Changes in Cognition
Post Fall
Falls Flyers Patients/families/carers
Medications
In Hospital
Discharge information after a fall
After a fall
Home exercises Foot care and safe footwear Eyesight
In Progress
In Progress
In Progress
For maternity services
For children in hospital
For mental heath facilities
Falls Flyers Patients/families/carers
Key partners Strategy and implementation
External Agencies
Local Health Districts - Falls Co- ordinators
Persons, families & carers
Falls Prevention is
everyone’s business®
Resource
How to get up off the floor
Home based exercises
www.activeandhealthy.nsw.gov.au
Clinical Excellence Commission NSW Falls Prevention Program
www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/programs/falls-prevention
NSW Falls Prevention Program
Clinical Excellence Commission