Falls: Individualised assessment and safer mobility interventions that are regularly reviewed

This is a secondary driver from a people-led approach to the planning and delivery of safe care within the Falls driver diagram

Change ideas

The examples below show how this secondary driver can be implemented in practice. Additional change ideas can be found in the Falls driver diagram

Practitioner:

• Individualised prescribed mobility plans with visual exercise prompts​

Team:

• Regular assessment of unmet needs eg stress or distress

Organisation:

• Use of Clinical Frailty Scoring (CFS) for early identification of frailty on admission​
• Use the 4AT for early identification of delirium

Evidence and resources