Contents
- Chronic Disease/Injury Prevention and Built Environment
- Healthy Eating and Food Security
- Injury Prevention
- Physical Activity
- Healthy Environments
- Tobacco Control Program
Ministry of Health
Assisted Living
Promoting Active Living: Best Practice Guidelines for Prevention of Falls among Residents of Assisted Living is an evidence-based, practical tool designed to ensure older populations continue to have the best possible quality of life, free of falls. These guidelines are designed to assist staff and residents of assisted living residences to identify and reduce falls and related risk factors.
The guidelines provide steps to assess, implement, and evaluate fall prevention strategies in assisted living; and feature some of the following tools:
- Fall report form
- Checklist and action plan
- Resident and staff survey tool
- Steps to conduct group fall prevention education sessions
- DVD titled: “Insight into Hip Fractures”
These guidelines have been developed in British Columbia by a team led by Dr. Vicky Scott, senior advisor on falls and injury prevention at the B.C. Injury Research & Prevention Unit, and the chronic disease/injury prevention and built environment branch of the Ministry of Health.
All assisted living sites registered with the British Columbia Office for Assisted Living Registrar can receive a complimentary copy of these guidelines. Organizations outside of British Columbia can order a copy of these guidelines online through Crown Publications by searching “promoting active living” or using the product code 7610003388.
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