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Creating a Falls Prevention Coalition in Your Community

Creating a Falls Prevention Coalition in Your Community. Olmsted County Falls Prevention Coalition. CREATING A FALLS PREVENTION COALITION IN YOUR COMMUNITY Presented by: Daniel Jensen – Olmsted County Preventive Health Services Corrine Erickson – Olmsted County Home & Community Care.

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Creating a Falls Prevention Coalition in Your Community

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  1. Creating a Falls Prevention Coalition in Your Community

  2. Olmsted County Falls Prevention Coalition CREATING A FALLS PREVENTION COALITION IN YOUR COMMUNITY Presented by: Daniel Jensen – Olmsted County Preventive Health Services Corrine Erickson – Olmsted County Home & Community Care

  3. Coalition Development • Community Assessment creates foundation of local need • Provides validation for resource expenditure • Documents need for stakeholders and grant sources

  4. Research Leading Causes • Medication Interactions • Exercise Regularly • Home Safety

  5. Coalition Development • Identify Community Partners • Medical • Governmental • First Responders • Private/Non-Profit • Develop Partnerships

  6. Elder Network Gold Cross Golden Living Center Mayo Clinic Olmsted County Public Health Olmsted County Sheriff’s Department Olmsted County Social Services Olmsted Medical Center Rochester Fire Dept Rochester Police Dept Senior Center SE MN Area Agency on Aging Volunteers in Public Safety Coalition Members

  7. Coalition Outcome Objectives • Keep people living in their home through falls prevention • Improve individual quality of life through reduced accidental injury • Reduce burden on medical and first responder resources

  8. Coalition Mission Statement • Provide a network of services for citizens > 65 yrs of age to help decrease the number of falls and severity of falls in order to maintain independence in their home

  9. Strategy Development Process • Define systems and identify gaps • Review weaknesses • Construct strategies to close the loops • Develop/find resources to support strategies • Build communication and interfaces • Evaluation

  10. Specific Coalition Strategies • Community Education • Facilitation of First Responder to Physician Communication • Home Safety Inspection • Develop Community Resources

  11. Coalition Strategies Community Education • Community Education • Define – Coalition information about falls prevention to the people who need it • Review – Trainings are hit and miss (who is the target population?) • Construct – A plan to target specific groups for training – access listeners who need this information • Develop – Variety of educational materials – PowerPoint, DVD, brochure, items that advertise the coalition • Build – Relationships with community groups, churches, community education, health fairs • Evaluate – Track # of persons attending educational presentations, track inspection resulting from education (who referred you?)

  12. Coalition Strategies Physician Communication • Facilitation of First Responder to Physician Communication • Define – Repeat home falls requiring First Responder Assistance • Review – No physician follow up or resource referrals • Construct – Open communication to physicians and other referral resources • Develop – Letter of communication/decision tree document • Build – Train first responders, relationship with medical facilities • Evaluate – Distributed letters tracked, VIPS referrals logged

  13. Coalition Strategies Home Safety Inspection • Home Safety Inspection • Define – Persons over age 65 are falling in their homes due to health concerns and hazards within the home • Review – Persons at risk of falls unaware service is available, fearful of the process, may require follow up on recommendations • Construct – Education that dispels fears, communication with consumer’s support system (i.e., family case manager, parish nurse, doctor, etc) to follow up on recommendations • Develop – Consumer-friendly referral and inspection process • Build – Train VIPS volunteers, relationships with formal and informal consumer supports • Evaluate – Consumer/family evaluation (track # of inspections completed?)

  14. Coalition Strategies Home Safety Inspection • Develop Community Resources • Define – Olmsted County has HIGHEST rate of deaths due to falls in MN – community problem • Review – Provider community may be aware of problem, efforts not coordinated – other community may not know costs • Construct – Bring providers dealing with fall prevention together, other community members – financial support • Develop – Education among provider groups, education to groups who could provide financial support to coalition • Build – Train the trainer? • Evaluate – ???

  15. Coalition Strategies Home Safety Inspection • Free Service of Falls Coalition • Inspectors T-Shirts have VIPS Emblem • ID Badges will have VIPS and Rochester Police Dept • Two People on Inspection Team • Inspectors Trained by Falls Coalition and VIPS • Background Checks Done on All Inspectors

  16. Coalition Strategies Home Safety Inspection

  17. Funding Opportunities Expanding Core Work • Coalition Brochure • Video Production • UCare Client Outreach • Advertising/Promotional Items • Education Materials • Community Education Classes/Health Fairs • Mitigation Supplies/Installation • Support/Training for VIPS

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