1. AHS, Home Living Geriatric Consult Team
Action Plan: 6 Month Post FFLS Sustainability Plans for Falls Improvement

2. 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
3 falls screening questions
Community Care Access
Monitor completion of screening through chart audits
Annual process evaluation
100% of Home Care clients will have falls risk screening by Case Manager on initial assessment
Completion of FROP- COM in Meditech
Home Living Case Managers
Meditech chart audits
Implement organization- wide Standards of Care for falls
Compile data based on pilot project to develop Standards of Care
Falls Risk Management Implementation and Evaluation Committee
TBD
April 2012
Develop Standard of Care for referral to Geriatric Consult Team based on risk stratification
Determine criteria for high-risk clients that will indicate referral to Geriatric Consult Team; establish process for screening and assessment
Geriatric Consult Team, Falls Risk Management Implementation and Evaluation Committee, Program Support Manager
Fall 2012

3. 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
Review assessments available in Meditech
Geriatric Consult Team and Meditech support personnel
Qualitative review by Geriatric Consult Team
April 2012
100% of clients will be screened for falls risk by Geriatric Consult Team on initial assessment
Repeat 3 falls screening questions and administer SPLATT
Geriatric Consult Team
Meditech and chart audits
Quarterly data collection; annual process evaluation
100% of Geriatric Consult Team clients will have falls prevention/ injury reduction plans
Establish plans when creating problem list based on assessment
Reliably record falls of Geriatric Consult Team clients
Establish tracking form for Geriatric Consult Team clients re: falls
Database to monitor frequency of falls post- assessment
April 2012; quarterly data collection