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Occupational Therapy Assistant

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Your nursing home has experienced a 23 percent increase in falls over the past two months. What could your rehabilitation department do to help lower the percentage of falls?
  1. Implement walking programs for all nursing home residents, so that they are not walking unsupervised.
  2. Plan and give a mandatory in-service to all staff on how to prevent falls.
  3. Plan and give an optional in-service to all staff on how to prevent falls.
  4. Educate nursing home residents on how they can safely walk in the nursing home.
Explanation
Answer: B. Your rehabilitation department could plan and give a mandatory in-service to all staff on how to prevent falls. All staff should be educated on fall prevention, so that they know how to spot and respond to residents who are at risk. Not all nursing home residents need to be supervised while they are walking. In addition, not all residents are capable of knowing their own limitations while walking.
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