May 20, 2016: Improving Mobility the “Advancing Excellence” Way
Guest: Carol Benner, Advancing Excellence Campaign
For years we have talked about preventing and reducing falls, searching for the right solution. We even tied people to their chairs to keep them from falling, not yet realizing that the key to preventing falls is to improve mobility. Then we “alarmed” them, which only resulted in increased immobility. Mobility is the key to maintaining both physical health and quality of life. The Advancing Excellence Campaign has selected Mobility as one of its nine goals. With an expert panel, it has prepared a full set of quality improvement tools to help assess, measure and improve mobility for nursing home residents. This conversation will focus on:
- What mobility is
- Why maintaining/improving mobility is important
- How to measure mobility using an evidence-based tool
- How to incorporate mobility in your QAPI efforts
- How to use a root cause analysis to help you identify areas for improvement
Please visit the event page here for more information including registration.