This online Falls Prevention - Level 1 training course is suitable for the following:

• Domiciliary care workers
• Home caregivers
• Locum and agency care workers
• Community healthcare assistants
• Support workers
• Care assistants.

The aims of this online Falls Prevention - Level 1 training course are to:

• Improve patient safety in long-term care facilities by educating people on how to reduce their risk of falling and improve their balance.
• Improve environmental safety for older adults in homes.

On completion of this online Falls Prevention - Level 1 training course, the learner will be able to:

• Recall causes of falls and risk factors for falls in the community setting
• Assess a patient presented to the hospital after a fall in the community and give a differential diagnosis
• Identify consequences of falls
• Distinguish between a syncope and a fall
• Decide when further investigation is necessary for someone who had a fall
• Commence appropriate treatment, including pain relief
• Describe the risk factors for inpatient falls and strategies that can be put in place to reduce them.

On completion of this online Falls Prevention - Level 1 training course, the learner will be able to:

• Define a fall
• Differentiate between mechanical or non-mechanical fall
• Explain how to present a complaint
• Outline the risk factors of falls in older people
• Explain why risk factors matter
• List the different causes of falls in older people
• Describe the physical complications of falls
• Know the psychological complications of falls
• Know the difference between the physical and psychological complications of falls in older people
• Know how to document a fall
• List the potential causes of falls.

Falls Prevention - Level 1 - Online Training Course - CPDUK Certified.