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Developing Comprehensive Fall and Elopement Management Programs

As seniors age, the risk of falling, repeat falls, and the risk of significant injury increases. Elopement risk presents a serious health and safety risk for residents. Cases of residents leaving senior care organizations unsupervised have been reported in the media, some involving serious injury or death. DIA has raised concerns related to increased incidents of elopements and falls throughout the pandemic. Comprehensive fall and elopement management programs require a multi-disciplinary team approach, with concurrent assessment, monitoring, communication, and care coordination, while actively engaging the resident and family in interventions to manage resident risk. This session will illustrate case examples, best practice, and survey readiness recommendations that support comprehensive fall and elopement management programs.

  • Summarize contributing and causal factors involved with fall and elopement risk.
  • Define components of a comprehensive multi-disciplinary fall management and elopement program including team strategies to proactively manage resident safety risk.
  • Describe the role of organizational Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement in effective fall and elopement management programs.

Cyndi Siders, RN, MSN, CPHRM, DFASHRM, CPPS, CWCA, Executive Consultant, Siders HealthCare Consulting, Grand Forks, ND
Cyndi Siders has more than 30 years of health care, administrative, and insurance experience, 25 of those focused on risk management and patient safety. Her responsibilities as CEO and executive consultant of Siders HealthCare Consulting, LLC, include providing customized risk management and patient safety professional consultation and strategic support, coaching, mentoring, and education for health care organizations and health systems; risk management companies, insurance and claims management companies, and insurance agencies. Siders is a distinguished fellow with the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, a certified professional in health care risk management from the American Hospital Association, a certified professional in patient safety from the certification board for professionals in patient safety, an advanced master trainer in TeamSTEPPS, and a Certified Work Comp Advisor. She is current president of the North Dakota Society for Healthcare Risk Management and serves as faculty for the ASHRM Health Care Risk Management Certificate Program. Siders is a frequent state and national speaker on a variety of risk management and patient safety topics and has authored several national publications.

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