Falls Long Term Care Toolkit

This toolkit is a collaboration of Calgary Zone and Provincial resources.

Long Term Care Toolkit

• Falls Risk Management Policy
• Continuing Care Health Service Standards 2024
  • Standard 9.2.d.ii outlines education requirements for Health Care Provider staff within 6 months of hire and every 2 years following in Fall Prevention and Management
• CCHSS Information Guide
• Primary Prevention
  • Safe Environments
    • Universal Fall Precautions
    • Patient Room Environmental Audit Tool
    • Community Falls Safety Environmental Checklist
    • How to Get Up From the Floor by Yourself (for independently mobile and un-injured populations)
  • Increasing Awareness
    • Preventing Slips Trips and Falls
    • Take Action - Prevent a Fall Before it Happens
• Recommended Screening & Assessment Tool: Scott Fall Risk Assessment
  • Mobility
    • Gait and Balance Assessments
      • Berg Balance Scale
      • Timed Up and Go
    • How to Use a Cane
    • How to Use a Walker
    • How to Choose and Use a Four Wheeled Walker
  • Mentation
    • Delirium, Seniors - Inpatient (Provincial Knowledge Topic)
      • Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
    • Dementia, Seniors - Inpatient (Provincial Knowledge Topic)
    • Frailty, Seniors - Inpatient (Provincial Knowledge Topic)
    • Responsive Behavior Tracking and Assessment Tool
    • Behavior and Symptom Mapping Tool (BSMT)
  • Medication
    • Medication and Risk of Falling
    • Beers Criteria
    • Start/Stop Criteria
    • Canadian Deprescribing Network Health Care Professional Resources
  • Nutrition
    • Canadian Food Guide and Nutrition Resources
    • Osteoporosis Canada
    • Fracture Prevention Toolkit
      • Fracture Prevention in LTC
  • Interventions
    • Universal Fall Precautions
    • Falls Risk Management Suggested Interventions
  • Post-Fall
    • Head Injury Tip Sheet (Targeted for Health Care Aides)
    • 5 Why's
    • Monitoring Guidelines
  • Evaluation
    • AHS Audit Portal
  • Additional Resources
    • Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics (AUA) Toolkit for Care Teams
    • Restraint as a Last Resort Policy and Toolkit
    • Residential Aged Care Facilities (2009)