First meeting of members of the Forever Autumn Community of Practice based in Ireland. This COP will focus on falls reduction strategies across differing care settings including residential care, acute care, community care. Visit the web site www.foreverautumn.co

1. Forever Autumn
Building a Community of Practice
‘First Steps’
Venue: St Mary’s Campus, Phoenix Park
8th January 2014
Facilitated by Daragh Rodger & Anne Spencer

2. Bone Health in the Park
So far…..
www.bonehealth.co
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3. FOREVER AUTUMN
2012
Implementation of a falls awareness
programme for all staff – clinical and non
clinical, illustrating the potential for falls
amongst the older adults in our care.
Elements included:
• Revision of St Mary’s Falls Prevention
and Management Policy
• New Falls Risk Assessment Tool
• New Falls Risk Symbols
• New Falls Reduction Measures

4. Key Message
All staff have a role to
play in reducing the
risk of falls – clinical
and non clinical –
know your role!

5. Review of Falls Data from January - June 2013
Phoenix Park Community
Nursing Unit
33% Reduction*
St Mary’s Hospital
15% Reduction*
*Compared to falls data pre Forever Autumn in 2011
New Data Measurement
Interventions to prevent potential falls
Evidence to staff of benefits of Forever Autumn
Programme in action

6. • Forever Autumn has generated a lot of interest from
multidisciplinary team members from hospitals and
residential units locally and nationally
• Forever Autumn has been implemented by other care
facilities
• Forever Autumn is an example of a successful
collaborative approach to innovative practice
development
• Over 15,500 visits to the web site in 12 months

7. Development of an online resource to offer support,
guidance and continued education in falls prevention and
management across the care spectrum for older adults:•Acute Hospital Care
•Community Care
•Intellectual Disabilities Care
•Palliative Care
•Residential Care
Proactive collaborative approach to falls prevention by
providing a platform for continuing engagement
www.foreverautumn.co

8. To promote bone health, falls reduction, falls prevention and
effective falls management
To provide a platform to share the repository of information to
the wider community to enhance quality care through
presentations, articles of interest, develop special interest
groups etc.
www.foreverautumn.co