Community Partners

Professional Health Care Facilities & Health Care Professionals

What professional care facilities can do to prevent falls:

• Make sure staff is trained properly and committed to reducing falls

• Educate staff on procedures that should take place after a fall

• Ensure that all areas of the care facility are safe

• Make sure reports are filed so data can be recorded

• Make sure residents have adequate supervision at all times

• Have an ample amount of safety devices in place for residents

• Transfer residents properly at all times

• Never leave a resident unattended in places such as the bathroom

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