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Exploring Post-Fall Management Interventions in Long-Term Care Facilities and Hospitals for Older Adults: A Scoping
Abhishek Parekh1, Keith D Hill2, Raphaëlle Ashley Guerbaai2
1Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Frankston, Australia.
Background:
The population is rapidly growing, significantly impacting healthcare settings such as hospitals and long-term care. Falls are a major concern, being a leading cause of hospitalisations and injuries especially among adults aged 60 and above. Despite extensive research on falls prevention and risk factors, there is limited study on effective post-fall management strategies, making it crucial to review and develop interventions to improve care and safety for older adults in healthcare settings.
Aim:
To explore the interventions implemented for post-fall management for residents and patients within healthcare settings, including hospitals and long-term care facilities.
Design:
A scoping literature review.
Methods:
We used the Joanna Briggs Institute guidance and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Eligible articles included hospital and long-term care post-fall management interventions. Data were manually extracted by two independent reviewers using the AACTT (Actor, Action, Context, Target and Time) Framework to detail intervention characteristics and guide the data charting process, allowing for thematic analysis and narrative synthesis of key findings.
Data Sources:
Medline, CINAHL, PsychINFO and Scopus were searched from inception until 30th September 2024.
Results:
Eighteen articles were included. Over half the studies (55.5%) focused on post-fall interventions in LTCFs, testing assessment tools (50%), structured protocols (27.7%), huddles (11.1%) or multifactorial approaches (11.1%), with varied effectiveness. While assessment tools and huddles showed mixed results, structured protocols showed encouraging results with reduced unnecessary hospital transfers and hospitalisations.
Conclusion:
This scoping review identified a variety of interventions used after falls in healthcare settings. However, there is inconclusive evidence about the effectiveness of interventions to reduce hospitalisation and injuries. This review identified areas for research that may help to inform post-fall management, including the need for further research into various interventions (e.g., standardised toolkit) to enhance care immediately following a fall.
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