The 10 Strategic Points for the Prospectus and Direct Practice Improvement Project

The 10 Strategic Points for the Prospectus and Direct Practice Improvement Project
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10 Strategic Points Document for a Quality Improvement Project
Ten Strategic Points
The 10 Strategic Points

Title of Project

1 Title of Project
Implementation of a MORSE fall scale to reduce in long-term care facilities.

Background
Theoretical Foundation
Literature Synthesis
Practice Change Recommendation

2 Background to Chosen Evidence-Based Intervention:
1 Background of the practice problem/gap: Falls and the difficulties that occur are a prevalent problem among the elderly. Each year, 50 percent of residents at long-term care facilities in America who are 65 years or older will fall (Alves et al., 2017). Falls will most likely cause pain, impaired functionality, frailty, and likely mortalities in this age group (Najafpour et al., 2019). Because the proportion of senior persons in the population is expected to rise, as well as the proven consequences of falls within that group, it is critical to analyze the risk factors linked with falls. When evaluating individual risk factors, it is crucial to check for a falls history. Each year, one out of every three older individuals aged 65 and over falls, yet only about half of them report it to their physicians or therapists (Florence et al., 2018). A first fall is a risk of doubling the chances of falling for individuals in this age bracket. It also raises the patients' fear of falls.
Falls among older persons are caused by intrinsic variables such as cognitive decline, infirmity, sex, and ageing, as well as extrinsic variables like drugs (Russell et al., 2017). Although, cognitive decline and dementia are known to increase the chances of falling. Unfortunately, there is no much information about other fundamental risk factors like gender (Russell et al., 2017). Infirmity may be a meaningful indicator of falls likelihood; it is possible that as individuals get weaker, their limited movement could predispose them to falling tendencies, yet if they reduce their movements at a certain point, they could have lowered chances of falling (Florence et al., 2018).
2 Significance of the practice problem/gap at the project site: Reducing falls using the MORSE fall scale may help support care operations in the long-term care facility setting.
3 Theoretical Foundations: The implementation of MORSE fall scale will be essential in comparing the outcomes against current practices.
4 Prescription drugs play a significant role in the occurrence of falls amongst older adults aged 65 and above. Anti-hypertensives, benzodiazepines, sedatives, and neuroleptic, medicines are among the prescriptive medications linked to an increased risk of falling in the elderly (Florence et al., 2018). Individuals who are older may have more comorbidity conditions and take more drugs than those who are younger (Najafpour et al., 2019). As a result, among the most significant modifiable risk factors for falling amongst the identified age group is drugs (Russell et al., 2017). Nonetheless, there is a scarcity of evidence on the link between the amount of medications taken by long-term care faci...