Clinical Corner: Falls and Fall Risk
Articles
After the Fall (Caring for the Ages, February 2004, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. 20-26)
Implementing AMDA's Falls & Fall Risk CPG in the Clinical Setting (Caring for the Ages, April 2003, Vol. 4 No. 4, p. 12-22)
Beyond the MDS: Team Approach to Falls Assessment, Prevention, & Management (Caring for the Ages, April 2002, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 15-20)
Practical Approaches to Reducing Falls in NFs (Caring for the Ages, November 2001, Vol. 2, No. 11, p. 11-12)
Tools and Resources
Clinical Practice Guidelines News: Falls and Fall Risk
Slide Presentation: In-Service: AMDA Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) for Osteoporosis and Falls & Fall Risk
Slide Presentation Notes: In-Service: AMDA Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) for Osteoporosis and Falls & Fall Risk (Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format)
Model Policy: Falls
Reference Bibliography
Education & CME Programs
Falls and Fall Risk in Long Term Care (AMDA self-study CME program released March 2004)
Products & Publications
Falls and Fall Risk (AMDA Clinical Practice Guideline published 1998, revised 2003)
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