Research Paper on:
Proposal for Implementing a New Fall Protocol in a Home Care Agency

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Reduce Fall Rates 10 2.1.2 Interventions Programs in Community Care 14 2.3 Relevant Intervention Models 21 3. Implementation 24 3.1 Overall Plan 24 3.2 Resources 25 3.3 Monitoring implementation 27 3.4 Theory of Change 28 3.5 Implementation Feasibility 30 4. Evaluation Plan 30 4.1 Data Collection 31 4.2 Feasibility 32 4.3 Feedback Collection 32  4.4 Maintenance Plan 33 4.5 Corrective Revision of Project Action Plan 33 4.6 Professional Feedback 34 References 34 Abstract This proposal is to implement a new protocol at  PTHC in ordered to reduce the fall incidence rate. The target is to reduce the current fall incidence rate of 35% to 15% following a year of full implementation and  then to 12% in the following year. To protocol proposed, which is supported by evidence based practice including community based practice, is the use of a multifacotral approach using  established assessment tools. It is recommended that two tools are used; the Hendrich II Fall Risk Model and the DVD environmental check list mode; both of which are already established.  The implementation will take place with elements of the Hendrich II Fall Risk Model used t pre-assess the patients so those at highest risk may be identified and intervention prioritised.  Following a pre assessment and an in home assessment a personalised intervention strategy will be designed by the multidisciplinary care team and implemented. The initial implementation will be for  a three month period with a pilot area, which will be used to optimise the final implementation across the entire organization and aid the change process. The assessment will be  based on statistical analysis of the fall rates, determine first is there has been an improvement, as well as looking at where the improvements have taken place or where there  have been below average improvements. This may also help to improve the protocol in the long run. 1. Introduction This is a proposal to implement a new protocol