Exploring the Use of Telecare within Approaches to Improve the Prevention and Management of Falls and Fractures

Background

NHS Quality Scotland, the Joint Improvement Team and the Scottish Government’s Nursing Directorate are working with 3 local partnerships across Scotland (Falkirk/NHS Forth Valley, South Ayrshire/NHS Ayrshire and Arran, and Perth and Kinross/NHS Tayside) to explore the potential role and benefits of using telecare as part of improvement to the prevention and managment of falls and fractures in older people. It is the intention of all the involved parties, that the experiences and materials developed during this initiative will be widely shared with other interests and practitioners to promote the exchange of knowledge, ideas and good practice. This section of the website aims to provide a depository for this, and provide links to other useful pieces of information.

Practitioners Workshops

We produce briefing notes from the workshop events which can be accessed below.

9 February 2011

Perth and Kinross Falls and Telecare Report [262Kb]
Edinburgh Falls Telecare Project Leaflet [92Kb]
Linda Saunders - Falkirk [1Mb]
Carolyn Wilson - Perth and Kinross [347Kb]
Heather Hall - South Ayrshire [11Mb]
Managing Falls and Fractures in Care Homes for Older People

9 September 2010

9 September Workshop Briefing Note [122Kb]
Perth and Kinross Project [431Kb]
Falkirk Falls Management Presentation [242Kb]

16 June 2010

16 June Workshop Briefing Note [157Kb]
Pixic Telecare Falls Prevention Presentation [444Kb]
Reducing Falls and Fractures Presentation [463Kb]
NHS Scotland: Mapping Telecare [926Kb]

11 May 2009

Workshop 11 May 2009 [180Kb]

2 September 2009

Workshop 2 September 2009 [534Kb]

2 December 2009

Workshop 2 December 2009 [139Kb]

Other Useful Information

The following documents and weblinks may be useful.

Quick Reference Guide [204Kb]
Falls Management Case Studies [142Kb]

NHSQIS Prevention and Management of Falls Programme (2007-2009)

Up and About Report

You can access the Up and About Report - Pathways for the Prevention and Management of Falls and Fragility published by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland here.

Up and About Report [1003Kb]

Prevention and Management of Falls

You can access the Case Finding Workshop report from the Prevention and Management of Falls event held at the Beardmore Hotel in September 2009 below.

Event Screening Workshop Report [2Mb]