Falls Prevention and Management Audit – Care Homes
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Questions
0/32 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Governance: Is there a current falls-prevention and post-fall policy with clear responsibilities, clinical referral routes and emergency response arrangements?
Evidence to check
- • Current falls-prevention and post-fall policy and named responsibilities
- • Clinical referral and emergency pathways and checks of staff understanding
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Admission and history: Are previous falls, injuries, near misses, mobility needs and relevant professional advice gathered on admission or return to the home and reflected in initial support?
Evidence to check
- • Admission or return assessments and previous falls or injury information
- • Initial care instructions reflecting relevant history and professional advice
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Comprehensive assessment: Are residents offered an appropriate comprehensive falls assessment and individual management, with competent clinical input and consideration of current guidance for their age and needs?
Evidence to check
- • Comprehensive falls assessments or records of offers and referrals
- • Competent professional input and individual management recommendations
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Assessment quality: Do assessments identify individual contributing factors rather than rely on a prediction score to decide who receives prevention or support?
Evidence to check
- • Sampled assessments identifying individual contributing factors
- • Checks showing prevention and support are not determined solely by prediction scores
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Resident involvement: Are prevention decisions discussed accessibly with the person, respecting their preferences, confidence and independence and involving relevant others appropriately?
Evidence to check
- • Accessible discussions, resident preferences and relevant representative involvement
- • Examples showing agreed measures support choice, confidence and independence
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Individual plan: Does the personal plan describe practical measures for the person's identified risks, including assistance, equipment, activities and actions when circumstances change?
Evidence to check
- • Current individual falls-prevention plans with practical instructions
- • Care observations and staff knowledge checks matched to assessed needs
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Review triggers: Are assessments and plans reviewed after falls, near misses, illness, medicine changes or changes in mobility, cognition or the environment?
Evidence to check
- • Assessment and plan review histories
- • Reviews triggered by incidents, illness, medicine changes or other relevant changes
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Mobility and balance: Are gait, balance, strength, transfers and required assistance assessed appropriately, with therapy or specialist advice obtained and recommendations implemented?
Evidence to check
- • Mobility, balance and transfer assessments and relevant therapy advice
- • Evidence recommended assistance, equipment or interventions are implemented
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Activity and exercise: Are people supported to remain active and, where suitable, offered tailored falls-prevention exercise through appropriately qualified support, with progress and tolerance reviewed?
Evidence to check
- • Individual activity or appropriately assessed exercise arrangements
- • Participation, tolerance and progress reviews and relevant qualified support
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Medicines review: Are medicines that may contribute to falls reviewed by an appropriate prescriber or pharmacist, with agreed changes, monitoring and outcomes followed through?
Evidence to check
- • Prescriber or pharmacist medicines reviews addressing falls-related concerns
- • Agreed changes, monitoring and documented follow-up
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Dizziness and collapse: Are dizziness, postural symptoms or possible loss of consciousness referred for appropriate clinical assessment, with resulting instructions incorporated into care?
Evidence to check
- • Records of dizziness, postural symptoms or suspected loss of consciousness
- • Clinical referrals, assessments and resulting care instructions
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Cognition and illness: Are confusion, delirium, distress or acute illness recognised as possible contributors to falls, with timely assessment and adapted support?
Evidence to check
- • Records of changes in cognition, distress or acute illness
- • Timely clinical advice and adjustments to support
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Vision, hearing and footwear: Are relevant sensory, foot and footwear needs addressed, with suitable aids accessible and professional advice sought when needed?
Evidence to check
- • Relevant sensory, foot and footwear assessments or professional recommendations
- • Checks showing suitable aids and footwear are available and used
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Toileting: Are continence and toileting needs supported promptly, including at night, to reduce unsafe rushing or attempts to mobilise without required help?
Evidence to check
- • Individual continence and toileting support instructions
- • Day and night care records and follow-up on delayed or unavailable assistance
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Nutrition and hydration: Are poor intake, weight loss or dehydration concerns identified and addressed, with appropriate advice and monitoring?
Evidence to check
- • Nutrition and hydration assessments and relevant monitoring
- • Advice, support and follow-up addressing poor intake or dehydration concerns
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Bone health: Where relevant, are fracture and bone-health concerns referred for appropriate assessment, with prescribed or recommended measures followed through?
Evidence to check
- • Relevant bone-health or fracture-risk referrals and clinical recommendations
- • Records showing prescribed or recommended measures are followed through
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Environment: Are bedrooms, bathrooms, shared areas and outdoor routes checked for trip hazards, slippery floors, unsuitable lighting and barriers to safe movement?
Evidence to check
- • Environmental checks covering floors, lighting, routes and bathrooms
- • Hazard reports, corrective actions and rechecks
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Equipment and transfers: Are mobility aids, seating, beds and transfer equipment suitable, maintained and used according to individual assessments and instructions?
Evidence to check
- • Individual equipment and transfer assessments and maintenance records
- • Consented observations showing aids and equipment are used appropriately
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Access to help: Can people reach and use appropriate call facilities, with suitable alternatives and timely assistance for those who cannot use the usual system?
Evidence to check
- • Individual call-system access assessments and function checks
- • Response records or observations and suitable alternative assistance arrangements
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Proportionate measures: Are sensors, observation arrangements, bed rails or other restrictive measures individually assessed, lawful and reviewed, with alternatives considered?
Evidence to check
- • Individual assessments and relevant lawful decision records for monitoring or restrictions
- • Alternatives considered and reviews of safety, effectiveness and freedom
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Staff readiness: Are staff trained and competent in prevention, safe assistance and post-fall response, with assessed support available across all shifts?
Evidence to check
- • Prevention, handling and post-fall competency or training records
- • Shift arrangements and staff discussions confirming readiness and available assistance
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Immediate response: After a fall, do staff promptly assess within their competence, obtain appropriate help and avoid unsafe movement while following the agreed post-fall pathway?
Evidence to check
- • Post-fall pathway and role-specific assessment guidance
- • Incident records showing prompt assessment, appropriate help and safe movement decisions
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Urgent escalation: Are suspected serious injury, possible head injury, loss of consciousness or other concerning findings escalated urgently through the appropriate clinical or emergency pathway?
Evidence to check
- • Staff knowledge checks of urgent injury and deterioration escalation routes
- • Relevant incident timelines, emergency calls or urgent clinical advice
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Unwitnessed falls and medicines: For unwitnessed falls or people taking anticoagulant or antiplatelet medicines, do staff seek appropriate clinical advice on injury risk and follow the resulting instructions?
Evidence to check
- • Unwitnessed-fall records and current relevant medicine information
- • Clinical advice on injury risk and evidence instructions were followed
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Safe recovery: Where movement is assessed as safe, is assistance from the floor provided using the assessed staff and suitable equipment, with comfort and dignity maintained?
Evidence to check
- • Recorded decisions about safe recovery from the floor
- • Assessed handling arrangements, suitable equipment and competent staff assistance
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Post-fall monitoring: Are observations, pain checks and follow-up delivered by competent staff according to clinical advice, with delayed deterioration recognised and escalated?
Evidence to check
- • Clinical observation instructions and post-fall monitoring records
- • Escalation of changed findings and documented outcomes
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Communication: Are the person and relevant representatives kept informed appropriately, with clinical advice and updated instructions communicated securely during handover or transfer?
Evidence to check
- • Records of appropriate communication with residents and representatives
- • Handovers or transfer information containing current clinical advice and follow-up needs
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Incident records: Are falls and near misses recorded accurately, including circumstances, injuries, actions, advice, monitoring and outcomes, with required notifications and reporting considered?
Evidence to check
- • Falls and near-miss records matched to care and monitoring entries
- • Reporting decisions, required notifications and recorded outcomes
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Image filesCameraQ29 | Unanswered
Post-fall review: Is each fall reviewed for contributing factors and preventable harm, with recurrent falls prompting further assessment and any safeguarding concerns addressed?
Evidence to check
- • Individual post-fall reviews and further assessment for recurrent falls
- • Updated plans and relevant safeguarding decisions or referrals
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Confidence and recovery: After a fall, are fear, loss of confidence and reduced activity addressed through reassurance, appropriate rehabilitation and review of the person's goals?
Evidence to check
- • Resident feedback and assessments of confidence or activity after falls
- • Rehabilitation advice, agreed goals and reviews of recovery support
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Patterns and improvement: Are falls, injuries, near misses and missed support analysed for patterns, with prioritised actions and checks that changes improve outcomes?
Evidence to check
- • Falls and injury trend analysis including timing, location and support factors
- • Prioritised actions and follow-up showing whether outcomes improved
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Leadership assurance: Do managers and the Responsible Individual review prevention practice, post-fall response and resource needs, with findings informing the quality of care review?
Evidence to check
- • Management and Responsible Individual reviews and quality-of-care findings
- • Resource decisions and tracked improvements to prevention and post-fall care
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