Topic 4 – Addressing risk factors in an individualised care plan

Topic 4:

• covers the importance of using an individualised care plan for each older person when considering and responding to the risk factors for them falling
• explains how to address risk factors
• complements Topic 2 (ask) and Topic 3 (assess), which together explain the process of asking, assessing and acting to reduce harm from falls 
• explains why we should adopt an interdisciplinary and individualised approach and how we can achieve such an approach.

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• Topic 4 – Addressing risk factors in an individualised care plan (426 KB, pdf)