Optimizing post-acute care patient safety: a scoping review of multifactorial fall prevention interventions for older adults.

Natalie E Leland; Cara Lekovitch; Jenny Martínez; Stephanie Rouch; Patrick Harding; Carin Wong

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Optimizing post-acute care patient safety: a scoping review of multifactorial fall prevention interventions for older adults.

July 13, 2022

Leland NE, Lekovitch C, Martínez J, et al. J Appl Gerontol. 2022;41(10):2187-2196.

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Patient falls can be reduced through effective quality and safety strategies. This scoping review discusses common post-acute care intervention domains to reduce falls for older adults (e.g., staff education, individualized risk profiles) and study variability in the extent to which these domains are addressed.

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