{"id":400,"date":"2024-01-30T12:22:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/useful-links\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T14:33:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:33:30","slug":"useful-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/falls\/useful-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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How to measure lying and standing BP:<\/strong>
https:\/\/www.rcplondon.ac.uk\/projects\/outputs\/measurement-lying-and-standing-blood-pressure-brief-guide-clinical-staff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polypharmacy guidance including information about anticholinergic burden:<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.polypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/polypharmacy-guidance-medicines-review\/for-healthcare-professionals\/hot-topics\/anticholinergics\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realistic prescribing:
<\/strong>Polypharmacy-Guidance-2018.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qfracture:
<\/strong>https:\/\/qfracture.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRAX:
<\/strong>https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/FRAX\/tool.aspx<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inpatient Footwear Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting Up from a fall:
<\/strong>What to do if you fall | NHS inform<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preventing Falls:
<\/strong>Preventing falls | NHS inform<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right Decisions:<\/strong>
Right decisions tool is a Once for Scotland’ source of digital tools that enable people to make safe decisions quickly \u2018on the go\u2019, based on validated evidence
Right decisions tool<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telecare Self-Check Online Tool:
<\/strong>Telecare Self-Check Online Tool | NHS inform<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support enabling older and disabled people to stay in their own homes:
<\/strong>Welcome | Care and Repair Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Papers <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Avoiding Deconditioning \u2013 a research paper by Amit Arora and Brian Dolan OBE \u2013 link https:\/\/eu-ireland-custom-media-prod.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/UKMEAEU\/eSample\/9780702080166 (windows.net)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outcome of in-patient falls in hospitals with 100% single rooms and multi-bedded wards \u2013 a research paper by I Singh et al link Outcome of in-patient falls in hospitals with 100% single rooms and multi-bedded wards | Age and Ageing | Oxford Academic (oup.com)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preventing falls in older people on mental health inpatient wards: a quality improvement project \u2013 a research paper by C McNamara et al pdf (rcni.com)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your feedback is essential to help us provide useful resources to support staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are looking for information which isn\u2019t on this site or you would like to share what resources you are using please let us know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We welcome any feedback to improve our site via the Falls Support and Education Staff Website Survey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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