1. Join the Falls Prevention Virtual Learning Collaborative Falls Virtual Learning Session # 4 & Closing Congress Team Rapid Fire Presentation Template Name of Organization: Prince Albert Parkland Health Region Name of Speaker: Roxane Sawatsky

2. Location of Facility Leoville, Sask. Number and type of Patients/Residents/Clients: 16 permanent Long Term Care residents 1 Respite Who We Are

3. Team Members Team MemberRole Darlene Batty DLTCTeam Sponsor Roxane Sawatsky DOCTeam Lead Connie Poulin SCATeam Member Jennifer Bustin SCATeam Member Julie Matzner RNTeam Member

4. AIM From your Team Charter Reduce injuries by falls by 40% from baseline by Mar 31, 2011 Develop & pilot a falls prevention program for LTC, then assist with the roll out to other LTC in Health Region

5. Change Ideas List Changes you have tested during Falls VLC PDSA Cycles: Falls Logo – develop and trial a Falling Star logo with one resident assessed as high risk Care plan Guide- test a careplan guide to assist staff to document falls prevention plan when assessed at risk.

6. Measures Injurious Falls: our numbers are small – overall 24% had injuries, all minor

7. Measures Assessments Done after all fall

8. Measures Documented Plan of Care for those Assessed at risk for falls

9. Lessons Learned List any “key” advice or insights you would like to share with other teams? Lessons Learned/Key Insights This type of webex learning would have been very helpful prior to starting the program for us. It helps to introduce program in smaller pieces to staff, they are not so overwhelmed or resistive to the new program. It also offers them the opportunity to have input in what is working or not, how to improve it. Having a local team of workers to work on developing and introducing the new program- is accepted better by staff. A new program like this needs to have dedicated resources, not run off the corner of your desk.

10. What are some things you will do to sustain the work on reducing falls and injury from falls and by what date? Next Steps Key Sustainability Steps/Plan:Target Dates On-going stats collection and review By the 10 th of following month Continue team meetings, quarterly. March, June, Sept etc 2011 Assist with education and startup of falls program in other LTC facilities across the region March & April 2011

11. Name: Roxane Sawatsky DOC Email: rsawatsky@paphr.sk.ca Phone Number: 1-306-984-2136 Contact Information