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Implementing Action Falls for Domiciliary Care

Sponsor: University of Nottingham

Summary

Every year, a lot of older people fall. These falls often lead to serious injuries and are a common reason for moving into care homes, increasing the amount of paid support at home or needing to rely more on family, friends and neighbours for informal support. Falling can make people lose confidence in their abilities to do different activities, leading to loneliness and physical weakness, increasing the risk of more falls. It's important to identify why someone might fall and put things in place to try and reduce these risks. This needs to be done whilst also supporting people to be confident and continue to do the things they enjoy doing. Action Falls is an intervention that aims to find out why someone might fall and suggests ways to help, like checking their medication and encouraging them to stay active. It was first created to try and prevent falls in care homes. We have now adapted the intervention for older people living in their own homes that are supporting by home care services. We now need to try out the adapted intervention to see what people think about it and explore whether it can help manage falls and independence. The Action Falls for home care intervention includes: * Training for home care and reablement staff * Information and resources to help identify potential risks and suggest potential actions * Information for older people and families to consider potential falls risks and actions In order to evaluate the Action Falls for home care we are undertaking a study over 2 years where the intervention will be delivered across home care organisations in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. We are asking home care staff and older people to take part in different parts of the research to explore the different views on how well the intervention has been delivered and whether it has improved confidence in managing falls and promoted independence and activity for older people.

Official title: EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION FALLS PROGRAMME FOR DOMICILIARY CARE: A FOCUS ON RURAL AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES

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