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Sussex Digital In Reach Team provides a free platform on which Care Providers across Sussex can access free advice and support on technology, digitalisation and data protection. We are run by the care providers for the care providers.
Falling is one of the most frequent and serious injuries for those aged 65 and over, with 50% of people over 80 suffering a fall each year.
Preventing and reducing falls is not easy.
To manage falls effectively, we need to be thinking about multidomain interventions tailored to individual’s risks factors and engaging people’s beliefs, attitudes and priorities about falls.
The human cost of falling includes distress, pain, injury, loss of confidence, loss of independence and mortality. Falling also affects the family members and carers of people who fall.
Falls are estimated to cost the NHS more than £2.3 billion per year.
In West Sussex there were 4,495 emergency hospital admissions for falls related injuries in 2016/17.
Hip fractures are a common and serious injury resulting from a fall and significantly reduce independence and increase the risk of mortality. There were 1,240 admissions for hip fractures in West Sussex in 2016/17
Therefore falling has an impact on quality of life, health and healthcare costs.
To try and find a solution, “World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A Global Initiative” were published in September 2022.
These guidelines were developed by the World Falls Task Force, which assembled 96 multidisciplinary experts from 39 countries across 5 continents, with representation from 36 scientific and academic societies.
To manage falls effectively, we need to be thinking about multidomain interventions tailored to individual’s risks factors and engaging people’s beliefs, attitudes and priorities about falls.
Effective falls management relies on several factors:
• Multifactorial assessments
• Multidomain interventions
• Technology
• Hydration and Nutrition
Technology:
There are numerous technologies available to help prevent and manage falls. Please download our brochure: Falls Prevention
Hydration:
Dehydration is often a contributory factor leading to falls in the elderly.
Studies have shown that 37.9% of older adults with falls (of the 30,634 patients studied) were dehydrated.
Exercise:
There are a lot of online opportunities which can be an excellent choice to do instead of, or as well as, in-person activities.
The Healthy Lifestyles Team has resources on our You Tube channel as well as Active for Life Zoom sessions.
Recording of Nobi Lights presentation for Sussex Care Providers:
The Sussex Digital Team is here to support you in your Digital Journey. We do not recommend any products or services. It is your responsibility to ensure that the product or service that you procure is suitable for your needs.
The following is intended as a guide to show you some of the products that are available:
The smart Nobi lamp helps ensure that older adults can age more independently and carefree.
As we age, a fall can change our lives dramatically. While quick help after a fall is crucial, avoiding a fall in the first place is even better.
And that’s precisely what Nobi helps to do!
Suppy, installation and full training from Altus Digital Services:
https://altusdigitalservices.com/fall-detection-and-prevention/
Our mission is to help to keep vulnerable people safe and well, living in their own homes.
Amba automatically gathers information from a small number of standard health, wellbeing and safety products. Sleep quality, hydration, heart rate, use of appliances – simple information that can help with health, wellbeing and safety.
We set up each Amba system using the health, wellbeing and safety products that best suit the particular needs of each user.
When it arrives, it’s ready to go, straight out of the box.
Transform Night-Time Care
Ally is a resident acoustic monitoring system for care homes. It’s easy to install, secure and provides immediate benefits for owners, staff and residents.
CLB are the experts in Acoustic Monitoring, providing solutions that support staff by helping improve care quality and increasing resident privacy, while reducing operational costs.
GHM Care works with hundreds of care homes across the UK, installing a wide range of telephone systems and technologies that deliver huge benefits to residents, staff and owners.