Across
- 4. Falls can hasten _____ among elderly patients, making the need to move to a long-term care facility more likely
- 5. Patients should be encouraged to perform active ___ __ ___ exercises to improve flexibility and coordination
- 6. a fall in which any staff member was with the patient and attempted to minimize the impact of the fall by slowing the patient's descent
- 11. the risk of falling is highest during the ___ week of a stay in acute care or long-term care facility
- 12. Fall that occurs when a patient falls on purpose or falsely claims to have fallen
- 13. Set of 4 interventions for all patients identified as moderate to high risk
- 14. This should be performed before and after every interaction with a patient to prevent infection
Down
- 1. This activity has been shown to reduce the risk of falls in older adults
- 2. The name of the yellow armband placed on all patients that are a moderate to high risk for falling
- 3. One-third of falls that occur in the hospital is ___
- 7. In addition to physical injury, adults may lose ___ ___ after a fall
- 8. CMS considers an injury from a fall to be a ___ ___ condition
- 9. Each year, 1 in 4 adults aged ___ ___ and older falls
- 10. These may be used in place of yellow socks with rubber grips as appropriate to prevent falls