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Assessment of Dependence in Activities of Daily Living Among Older Patients in an Acute Care Unit
Published on: September 30, 2020
[Fall prevention in elderly people in follow-up and rehabilitation care units]
Raoul Aikpa1, Sylvie Meunier, Céline Stroebel
1SSR, pôle gériatrie-soins palliatifs, site Les Ormes, GHI Le Raincy-Montfermeil. aikpar@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
An initiative to assess and improve practices in terms of fall prevention was instigated in 2008 within the follow-up and rehabilitation care department of the Les Ormes medium and long-term care facility in Montfermeil (Seine-Saint-Denis). This initiative has been continued in order to be able to identify patients and situations at risk and then implement targeted and coordinated actions to reduce this risk. Ultimately, the aim was to reduce the annual prevalence of the number of falls within the establishment.
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