Screening and Prevention: Tools for Reducing Older Adult Falls

Each year more than one in four older adults, age 65 and older, experience a fall, resulting in about 3 million emergency department visits, 950,000 hospitalizations, and 32,000 deaths.  Falls are often preventable if you know what to screen for and what the risk factors for falls include.  This presentation will include an introduction to evidence-based screening tools, explain why it is important to screen each resident for falls, how to use tools and resources available to you, a live demonstration will be provided on utilizing the Falls Free CheckUp tool.

Objectives: After attending this session, participants will be able to:

1.  Explain the purpose of screening and what to do after the screening process.  
2. Discuss how fall screening tools can be used in assisted living.  
3. Incorporate fall screening tools into assisted living admission processes. Audience: administrators, nurses, and direct care staff in assisted living processes.

Audience: administrators, nurses, and direct care staff in assisted living

Speaker(s):   Tracy Gariepy, MS, CHES – Injury Prevention Project Coordinator with the CDC Foundation   

Daniel Thompson, MPH – Communications and Partnership Specialist with the CDC Foundation Division of Injury Prevention

This webinar is available to AHCA/NCAL provider members only.

The webinar will be recorded and available for access after the live event. 

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Email educate@ahca.org if you need assistance with registering. 

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Follow these three easy steps below! 

• To avoid technical problems, use Google Chrome. 
• Members will need to log in using their existing AHCA/NCAL username and password first. 
• Once you are logged in to the website you will be able to register by clicking the green register button at the top of the page. 
• If you have forgotten your password click here. 
• If you are new to the site, you can create an account here. Answer all fields on the create an account page- especially locating your company name. You can search by name or zip code. After creating an account, you will be able to register for the webinar. 

Need further assistance? Email educate@ahca.org