Evaluation of care staff knowledge, confidence, motivation and opportunity for preventing falls in residential aged care settings: A cross-sectional survey

International Journal of Older People Nursing
Jacqueline Francis-CoadAnne-Marie Hill

Abstract

To explore care staff knowledge about falls and confidence, motivation and opportunity to undertake fall prevention strategies, in residential aged care (RAC) along with preferences for fall prevention education. Falls account for the majority of adverse clinical events in RAC settings. Care staff in RAC settings are in a key position to influence residents' actions to prevent falls, provided they have the necessary knowledge and skills. A cross-sectional survey design with a purposive sample of 147 care staff at eight RAC facilities was undertaken in 2015. A custom-designed questionnaire examining knowledge, confidence, motivation and opportunity to undertake falls prevention strategies was used. Only 39 (26.5%) care staff were aware that the residents they cared for were at high risk of falls. Care staff knowledge of intrinsic falls risk factors was very limited, for example, only 18 (13.53%) observed for side effects of medication and just four (1.04%) were aware of continence issues. Conflicting duties also limited care staff time to undertake falls prevention strategies. Preferences for falls prevention education indicated face-to-face interactive discussions in the workplace (n = 98, [66.7%]) with reminder posters display...Continue Reading

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