Falls: People and professionals are equal partners in shared decision making throughout the hospital stay

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:

Team:

  • Use of ‘I can’ boards
  • Person-centred visiting

Organisation:

  • Provide falls risk and safer mobility information to patient, families and carers

Evidence and resources