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• TITLE: Assessing the Effectiveness of a Practice Improvement Project to Reduce Falls after Discharge from an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility

  AUTHORS: Jun Zhang, Jamal Khan, Claudia Echaide, Karen Imbrosciano-Kemper, Michael Scicchitano, Jennifer Semel

  KEYWORDS: Fall, Inpatient Rehabilitation

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, Vol.6 No.2, May 30, 2018

  ABSTRACT: Objective: To undertake a qualitative investigation of Fall Prevention and Home Safety Education Program’s efficacy to decrease the risk of falling after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation facility. Design: Structured Telephone interviews. Setting: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility. Participants: 1317 inpatients from the Rehabilitation Unit. Interventions: The Fall Prevention and Home Safety Education program. Main Outcome Measures: The percentage of patients that fell. Results: Since the inception of the program the fall rate has reduced significantly (χ2 = 6.38; P Conclusions: Implementation of a Fall Prevention and Home Safety Education program significantly reduced the rate of falls in the three months post discharge from acute inpatient rehabilitation.