Falls Prevention Lead at Barnsley Hospital 👩🏼⚕️🏥❤️
Barnsley, England
Joined May 2019
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Occupational Therapy Week 🏡🛌🚽
Falls Prevention stand in the canteen this morning all about how OT can help prevent falls.
Talking about hazards in the home & how to stay safe if you fall.
Think: person, environment & occupation
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@UCTTBHNFT
Our new bedrails risk assessment is live & printed!
In line with the NPSA;
⭐️ Ensuring we are keeping patients safe from entrapment, climbing over bedrails & from using bedrails as a form of restraint.
💭THINK
Bedrails DOWN unless there is clinical reasoning to put them UP
Come & have a drink on us!!!! ☕️🫖
Join us this morning in colliers for our ‘Falls & Continence Cafe’
See if you can taste the difference between caffeine & decaff!
Did you know decaff drinks have amazing health benefits? 🌱
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Rachel Wallace retweeted
There are many risk factors for falls. However, there are some simple things people can do to reduce their risk.
@BarnsleyFalls @DawnWal72778353 @SophieHempsall @ewhite_emma
#ThinkFalls #YHFalls #FallsPrevention #BOPPAA #HealthyBarnsley
Falls Awareness Week!
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2nd Webinar regarding vision & falls.
How often do we skim over ‘cataracts/ glaucoma / macular degeneration’ etc on our patients’ handover?
THINK: What extra support do patients with a visual condition need in order to keep them safe from falling?💡
Nurses on our wards this week are trialing the ‘banning the nurses station’ initiative in order to improve visibility of staff & patients!
Some teething problems as with all changes to working practice but a huge well done for getting involved to improve patient safety! 🤩👏🏻
Great Webinar yesterday with Brian Dolan for Falls Awareness Week.
One thing we could all do;
💭Remember to ask the BIG question when speaking to patients ‘Before I Go’
‘do you need anything before I go’
e.g. the toilet, anything passing?
small steps, big wins! ☺️🤩
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Rachel Wallace retweeted
Take a listen👇🏼 to find out how #EatDrinkDressMove can prevent Deconditioning & Falls and #BeFallsPrepared for #FallsAwarenessWeek!
Rachel Wallace retweeted
Falls Awareness Week is here!
The Yorkshire & Humber Falls & Deconditioning network are asking services, teams and individuals to share what they are doing to prevent falls this week.
@alison_iliff @H_Laird @sarahmonksNHS @BarnsleyFalls @DawnWal72778353
#YHFalls #ThinkFalls
It’s the start of
Falls Awareness Week! 🤩
This week we are launching a new QI project around decaffeinated drinks.
We will have a ‘taste test’ stall in the canteen in Barnsley Hospital on Friday 20th between 10-12 o’clock, please come & have a drink on us! ☺️☕️ 🫖
🤩 Falls Awareness Week 🤩
It’s falls awareness week next week, whos with me???? ☺️
- Banning nurses stations for the week
- Decaff drinks taste test in the canteen
- Brian dolan Webinar
- Medline Webinar
- ‘My 3 things’ to prevent falls!
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Completed my Leadership Edward Jenner Level: 1 - Exploring what leadership means to me on @FutureLearn: futurelearn.com/certificates… #JennerProg 😃
Recondition the Nation Webinar today with @BrianwDolan
So much to think about regarding Falls Prevention & Reconditioning!
Such a huge culture change but deifnitely feels like we are getting somewhere at Barnsley! 🌟
#reconditionthenation @ReconGamesUK
Rachel Wallace retweeted
We are in our 6th year!
We have over 60 speakers and expect to release the full programme in the next couple of weeks.
In the meantime we are excited to announce some of the speakers we have lined up for you over the coming days, so keep your eyes peeled!
Register at endpjparalysis.org/endpjpara….
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Finally for today we have visited Ward 21 who are removing the use of nurse stations & encouraging use of computers on wheels to have better visibility of staff and have nurses completing documentation by patient bedsides @BarnsleyFalls @barnshospital @CBU1_BHNFT #GiveitaGoWeek
✅ Give It A Go Week! ✅
Ward 21 are removing the use of nurse stations & encouraging the use of computers on wheels!
Benefits:
🌟Nurses doing documentation by the patients bed
🌟Better visibility of staff & patients
🌟Prevention of falls hopefully!
Let’s see how it goes ☺️
Learning Disability & Autism Champion Day! Great turn out & stalls! ☺️🌟
📍Learning Disability & Autism
📍Falls Prevention
📍Patient Experience
📍Adult LD community team
📍Princes Trust
📍Paediatrics community team
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