Check Your Risk for Falling

Check Your Risk for Falling

Check Your Risk for Falling (A self-assessment for fall risk) Circle YES or NO for each statement belowWhy it matters Yes (2)No(0)I have fallen in the past year.People who have fallen once are likely to fall again Yes (2)No(0)I use or have been advised to use a cane...
Control of medications in care centres

Control of medications in care centres

Control of medication in care centres (The danger of allowing multiple medication sources)   Recently in Nodding Hills Retirement Village, I was approached by a fellow resident who asked me the following question. He explained that a mutual friend of ours, who...
Care facility terminology

Care facility terminology

Care facility terminology   During my career in the field of caring for elderly people, I have noticed an exponential expansion in terminology used to describe accommodation and care services. Yesteryear’s names were quite simple. Generally, dependant on the...