Care Home Frailty & Falls Education

Consultant-led educational sessions for care homes supporting older adults

Bucks Frailty Care provides educational sessions for care-home staff, helping teams develop their knowledge and confidence in caring for older adults with frailty and complex health needs.

Sessions are delivered by an experienced Consultant Geriatrician and are designed to complement the work of GPs, pharmacists, community teams and other healthcare professionals involved in residents’ care.

Our care-home education service is for staff learning and professional development. It does not provide individual resident consultations, diagnosis, prescribing, treatment or ongoing clinical responsibility.

Falls in older adults are often multifactorial. Educational sessions can help staff understand common causes and practical approaches to falls prevention.

Topics can include:

• Common causes of falls in older adults
• Recognising falls risk factors
• Postural hypotension and dizziness
• Medication-related falls awareness
• Mobility and environmental factors
• Post-fall observations and escalation
• Bone health and fracture prevention
• When to seek further healthcare assessment

Frailty can increase the risk of falls, hospital admission and loss of independence.

Teaching can include:

• Understanding frailty
• Recognising changes in a resident’s condition
• Functional decline and recovery
• Supporting mobility and independence
• Nutrition and hydration awareness
• Recognising deterioration
• Delirium and acute confusion
• Advance care planning awareness
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Many older adults take several medicines, and some medications can contribute to dizziness, low blood pressure, sedation, confusion or falls.

Educational sessions can cover:

• Polypharmacy in older adults
• Medicines associated with falls
• Medication-related dizziness and postural hypotension
• Sedating medicines
• Recognising possible medication side effects
• When concerns should be raised with the GP, pharmacist or prescribing clinician

Medication changes and prescribing decisions remain the responsibility of the resident’s usual healthcare professional.

Sessions can be tailored to the needs of your care home and may include:

• Falls prevention
• Frailty awareness
• Postural hypotension
• Medication-related falls
• Delirium and acute confusion
• Bone health and fracture prevention
• Recognising deterioration
• Post-fall assessment awareness
• Mobility and independence
• Complex health needs in older adults

Sessions can be arranged as one-off educational sessions or regular staff teaching sessions.

Sessions may be suitable for:

• Care-home managers
• Registered nurses
• Senior carers
• Care assistants
• Other members of the care-home team

Where appropriate, general educational sessions may also be offered for residents and families.

This service is educational only.

Bucks Frailty Care does not replace the resident’s GP or usual healthcare team and does not provide:

• Individual resident appointments through the care home
• Diagnosis or treatment
• Prescribing or medication changes
• Emergency or urgent medical care
• Ongoing clinical responsibility for residents

Any concerns about an individual resident should be discussed with their GP, NHS 111, community healthcare team or emergency services as appropriate.

If you would like to discuss an educational session for your care-home team, please contact us.

Every care home has different needs.

Support can therefore be arranged as a one-off service or an ongoing consultancy arrangement.