Features for Falls Prevention

Falls in a care home setting are one of the biggest challenges that staff and managers face, and the prevention of falls is something that can contribute greatly to the wellbeing, happiness and overall safety and quality of life of care home residents because it can work to minimise unnecessary injuries or worse, but it can also help care home residents live a fuller life free from feelings of anxiety, depression, lethargy or isolation that can be brought on because of falls or the fear of them happening. 

But through harnessing the latest technology thanks to Person Centred Software’s digital care planning system (mCare), care homes can take every measure to ensure that the full circle of falls prevention is managed – from the managing the fall and its aftermath, to analysis and insights on what caused that fall and others, to taking preventive steps based on what has been learned to ensure they don’t happen again.  

Recording falls

Preventing falls in the first place is the number one priority in this instance, but sometimes unfortunately they will still happen. However, mCare allows users in care homes to record a fall that has occurred, ensuring that this is captured at the point of care where details of the incident are still fresh in the memory. This leads to timely reporting of falls and communicates this to the wider time in real-time. Taking any and all preventative measures relies on good communication between care staff to promote awareness of adverse events occurring in the home and by using mCare to record falls as they happen, this allows care staff to take appropriate measures for any additional interventions or observations that may be required.  

Post fall observations (in the event of a fall)

To ensure that all best practice processes are being followed, post-fall observation planned checks are automatically generated via mCare.