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Evidence Guide: CHCAGE008 - Implement falls prevention strategies

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CHCAGE008 - Implement falls prevention strategies

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare to implement falls prevention strategies.

  1. Discuss the person’s concerns about falling and how they have coped with previous falls, in a manner respectful of their privacy and dignity.
  2. Discuss requirement for the support of the family, carer or others identified by the person, according to the person’s needs.
  3. Collaborate with the person to ascertain and explore lifestyle, health, environmental and mobility factors that might affect their level of risk of falls.
  4. Determine the person’s physical indicators of risk of falls using appropriate tools and methodologies within scope of own job role.
  5. Confirm the person’s risk factors based on findings, in collaboration with relevant health professional.
  6. Determine strategies which can be implemented within scope of own role and confirm with relevant health professional.
Discuss the person’s concerns about falling and how they have coped with previous falls, in a manner respectful of their privacy and dignity.

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Discuss requirement for the support of the family, carer or others identified by the person, according to the person’s needs.

Completed
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Collaborate with the person to ascertain and explore lifestyle, health, environmental and mobility factors that might affect their level of risk of falls.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Determine the person’s physical indicators of risk of falls using appropriate tools and methodologies within scope of own job role.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confirm the person’s risk factors based on findings, in collaboration with relevant health professional.

Completed
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Determine strategies which can be implemented within scope of own role and confirm with relevant health professional.

Completed
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Implement falls prevention strategies.

  1. Explain options to minimise the risk of falls to the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, respecting their level of understanding, cultural background and the needs and rights of the person.
  2. Provide opportunities for the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to contribute and ask questions.
  3. Work with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to establish and implement strategies that are consistent with the person’s safety needs, priorities, preferences and individual requirements and in accordance with legal and ethical considerations.
  4. Implement strategies in a safe and effective manner that minimises the person’s discomfort.
  5. Support the person’s use of assistive technologies in meeting their individual needs.
  6. Establish needs, issues and concerns of the person that are outside scope of practice and refer to relevant health professional, according to organisational policies and procedures.
  7. In collaboration with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, decide how strategies can be tested and how success will be measured and documented.
Explain options to minimise the risk of falls to the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, respecting their level of understanding, cultural background and the needs and rights of the person.

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Provide opportunities for the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to contribute and ask questions.

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Work with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to establish and implement strategies that are consistent with the person’s safety needs, priorities, preferences and individual requirements and in accordance with legal and ethical considerations.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Implement strategies in a safe and effective manner that minimises the person’s discomfort.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support the person’s use of assistive technologies in meeting their individual needs.

Completed
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Establish needs, issues and concerns of the person that are outside scope of practice and refer to relevant health professional, according to organisational policies and procedures.

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In collaboration with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person, decide how strategies can be tested and how success will be measured and documented.

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Monitor falls prevention strategies.

  1. Work with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to review and measure the outcomes of falls prevention strategies.
  2. Confirm successful strategies in collaboration with the person and document according to organisational policies and procedures.
  3. Recognise and record when and why strategies are not having the desired result and any indicators of increased risk.
  4. Consult with the person to determine gaps in assistive technology needs and report according to organisational policies and procedures.
  5. Determine future strategies and actions, including referral to other services in consultation with the person, their family, carer or others identified by the person and relevant health professional.
  6. Complete and store documentation and reports according to organisational policies and procedures.
Work with the person and their family, carer or others identified by the person to review and measure the outcomes of falls prevention strategies.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confirm successful strategies in collaboration with the person and document according to organisational policies and procedures.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recognise and record when and why strategies are not having the desired result and any indicators of increased risk.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consult with the person to determine gaps in assistive technology needs and report according to organisational policies and procedures.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Determine future strategies and actions, including referral to other services in consultation with the person, their family, carer or others identified by the person and relevant health professional.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete and store documentation and reports according to organisational policies and procedures.

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Required Skills and Knowledge