Preventing older adult falls after discharge

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Injury Prevention.
• Description:
  A CDC guide explains how to develop an inpatient fall prevention program The odds of falling are higher in the month after a person leaves the hospital. These falls can have devastating consequences, especially for older adults (age 65+).
  
  In response to this growing problem, the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) initiative at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released CDC STEADI: Best Practices for Developing an Inpatient Program to Prevent Older Adult Falls after Discharge. The guide ofers successful strategies that inpatient teams can adapt to integrate a fall prevention program into their existing
  
  inpatient workfow and clinical practice.
  
  STEADI-inpatient-fact-sheet-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls/prevention & Control Aged Health Promotion Patient Discharge Patient Education As Topic Program Development Risk Factors
• Series:
  STEADI : Stoping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:221d7759876979e1566cf23aa6cc6399b0fde5a625b9014ced0f27d44bfa27c2c97997c6c9126b6049606919a1bf2d9d990c4ff03df1c4c356ff39aace2ba6e7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108612/cdc_108612_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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