AHS, Home Living Geriatric Consult Team
Action Plan: 6 Month Post FFLS Sustainability Plans for Falls
Improvement
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Falls Facilitated Learning Series
AHS, Home Living Geriatric Consult Team
Action Plan: 6 Month Post FFLS Sustainability Plans for Falls Improvement
Goal Description
Action
Person Responsible
Metrics
Targeted Completion
100% of clients will
have falls screening
completed on intake to
Home Care
100% of Home Care
clients will have falls risk
screening by Case
Manager on initial
assessment
Implement organizationwide Standards of Care
for falls
Develop Standard of
Care for referral to
Geriatric Consult Team
based on risk
stratification
3 falls screening
questions
Community Care Access
Monitor completion of
screening through
chart audits
Annual process
evaluation
Completion of FROPCOM in Meditech
Home Living Case
Managers
Meditech chart audits
Annual process
evaluation
Compile data based on
pilot project to develop
Standards of Care
Determine criteria for
high-risk clients that will
indicate referral to
Geriatric Consult Team;
establish process for
screening and
assessment
Falls Risk Management
Implementation and
Evaluation Committee
Geriatric Consult Team,
Falls Risk Management
Implementation and
Evaluation Committee,
Program Support
Manager
TBD
April 2012
TBD
Fall 2012
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Falls Facilitated Learning Series
AHS, Home Living Geriatric Consult Team
Action Plan: 6 Month Post FFLS Sustainability Plans for Falls Improvement
Goal Description
Action
Person Responsible
Metrics
Targeted Completion
Geriatric Consult Team
to determine effective
falls assessment tool
100% of clients will be
screened for falls risk by
Geriatric Consult Team
on initial assessment
100% of Geriatric
Consult Team clients will
have falls prevention/
injury reduction plans
Reliably record falls of
Geriatric Consult Team
clients
Review assessments
available in Meditech
Geriatric Consult Team
and Meditech support
personnel
Geriatric Consult Team
Qualitative review by
Geriatric Consult Team
April 2012
Meditech and chart
audits
Quarterly data
collection; annual
process evaluation
Establish plans when
creating problem list
based on assessment
Geriatric Consult Team
Meditech and chart
audits
Quarterly data
collection; annual
process evaluation
Establish tracking form
for Geriatric Consult
Team clients re: falls
Geriatric Consult Team
Database to monitor
frequency of falls postassessment
April 2012; quarterly
data collection
Repeat 3 falls screening
questions and
administer SPLATT
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