Are your residents safe in their beds?

Abstract

Of all the issues facing the long term care industry today, perhaps none are more prominent than the two issues of resident falls and bed siderails (restraints). Across the country, care providers are facing the reality of reducing and eliminating patient restraints, including siderails. At the same time, resident falls have also come to the forefront as an extremely important issue; it's now nearly impossible to find a facility without a special Falls Committee focussed on reducing the injuries sustained to residents, often caused when they are transferred or climb out of bed.