the evolution of seniors’ falls prevention in british columbia
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THE EVOLUTION OF SENIORS’ FALLS PREVENTION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. Dr. Vicky Scott, Lillian Baaske, Dorry Smith, Tessa Graham, Dr. Elaine Gallagher, Dr. Ian Pike, Matt Herman & Mike Vanderbeck. B.C. Seniors. Those 65+ account for 13.7% of the B.C. population - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE EVOLUTION OF SENIORS’ FALLS PREVENTION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Dr. Vicky Scott, Lillian Baaske, Dorry Smith, Tessa Graham, Dr. Elaine Gallagher, Dr. Ian Pike, Matt Herman & Mike Vanderbeck
B.C. Seniors
Those 65+ account for 13.7% of the B.C. population
1995 to 2004 population 65+ rose from 475,300 to 574,400 (21% increase)
2004 to 2010, number of seniors is expected to grow by another 17% to 672,000
Between 2001 to 2021 the average age in B.C. will increase from 38.2 to 42.6 years
Outline
Laying the Groundwork Policy Considerations Environmental Scan in B.C. Translation of Research to Practice The Interior Health Authority Experience
Laying the Groundwork for B.C.’s Success
15 years of sustained collaboration Champions positioned to support and influence Recognition of opportunities and timing Shared vision and commitment Leadership Strategic investment of limited resources Strategic multi-sectoral partnerships Involve the right people in decisions, including those
affected by the problem Respect for roles and responsibilities
Essential Questions for Falls Prevention Planning
What is the nature and magnitude of the problem in your region?
What policies do you need to support prevention? Who should be involved in prevention? Who is at risk for falls and injuries? What are the best prevention strategies? How will you know if the strategies work? How will prevention efforts be sustained?
What is the nature and magnitude of the falls in
your region?
Are you using the best data sources to highlight the problem? Do you know how the problem has changed over time and what is expected in the future? Do you know the economic burden of falls for your region and how this compares to other health issues and other regions?
RESEARCH
Who is at risk for falls and injuries?
What are the best practices and prevention
strategies?
What are the risk factors for falling and sustaining a fall-related injury? Who is at greatest risk? How does risk vary across sub-populations of men and women, active seniors vs. frail seniors in the community, seniors in acute care or residential settings?
How do we know what works best to reduce risk and minimize outcomes? How do we know what will work in practice? What policies are needed for strategies to be effective? Can you translate the evidence into a business case for resources to support cost-effective prevention?
What are the most reliable sources of
evidence?
Who in your region is conducting research on falls prevention? Can you access those who are able to identify reliable sources of research and translate findings into effective practice?
POLICY
How will you engage policy makers, health care
managers and agencies to support your research and
translation efforts?
What policies do you need to support evidence-based
prevention?
What evidence do you need to affect decision-making, program planning, evaluation and resource allocation? Who has the greatest potential for effecting change in policy and practice? Who will fund research efforts?
Can research be used to create a climate for this issue? What evidence is needed before this issue will gain the support of policy-makers and those that will resource prevention efforts?
What policies, regulations or guidelines do you need
to support falls prevention?
How will you resource the strategies? What time commitments are required? Will you engage those at risk, volunteers, staff and managers? How will you contact your target audience? Who has the greatest potential for planning, implementing and evaluating prevention activities?
PRACTICE
How will you know if the strategies work?
How will prevention efforts be sustained?
What will be evaluated? What process and outcome measures will you use? How will you know if your strategies are cost-effective? How will you know if there are gaps in your efforts? How will you share this information and for what purpose?
How will you use the evaluation outcomes to improve your prevention plan? What research and policy support do you need to maintain effective prevention efforts?
Scott et al., 2005. Evolution of Seniors’ Falls Prevention in British Columbia
Falls & Injury Prevention Planning
Policy Considerations
Action on falls did not happen overnight Important ingredients: policy decisions,
champions, evidence, opportunities and timing Collaborative jurisdictional action on aging:
the context
Policy Considerations
Key policy and documents commissioned/released by F/P/T Ministers
Evidence led to action and engagement of experts and those affected by the problem
Commitment to injury prevention and falls was built over time
Nationally unique partnership between Health Canada and Veterans Affairs launched in 2001
Policy Considerations
Continued federal/provincial/regional collaboration following the HC/VAC program
Critical mass of individuals involved at different levels in the issue developed: state of readiness to act
Environment created to support further collaboration
Development and release of the Environmental Scan: Seniors and Veterans Falls Prevention Initiatives in B.C. 2005
Establishment and support of BC Falls Prevention Coalition 2005
Overview of Activities
Ottawa Charter (1986) National Framework on Aging (1998) BC Office for Injury Prevention (OIP) – focus 0-24 years Deputy PHO created BCIRPU – focus on all ages (1997) BC Summit on Falls Prevention (1998) F/P/T Ministers of Health and Safety and Security
Working Group (SSWG) (1999) – Seniors’ injury seen as priority
F/P/T Advisory Committee on Population Health - Sub-committee of Public Health – Falls Among Elderly seen as priority
Activities Continued
OIP and B.C. Office for Seniors jointly created Falls Prevention Specialist position (2001)
Veterans Affairs and Health Canada Falls Initiative (2001-2004)
Special PHO report on Falls and Injuries among the Elderly (2004)
Partnership with Knowledge Network for social marketing of falls prevention (2004)
BC Falls Prevention Coalition (2005)
B.C. Research History
Scope of the problem Risk factor evidence Prevention evidence Capacity building Sustainability Dissemination
Scope of the Problem
First profiled as a serious issue in B.C. in 1989 at an Inter-ministerial Committee on Aging
MOH led a provincial meeting on fall-related hospitalizations (Dr. Bob Fisk, 1990)
1st RCT on falls in B.C. “Head Over Heels” (Gallagher & Brunt, 1991)
Health Canada funded the “STEPS” project on falls in public places (Gallagher & Scott, 1994)
Mortality and Morbidity of Falls in B.C. (Scott & Gallagher, 1997 )
Risk Factors & Prevention
U.Vic: Risk factors for falls and injuries among frail community seniors (Scott & Gallagher, 2000)
Population Health/BCIRPU: “Stepping In” Fall Prevention in LTC (Scott et al., 2003)
BCIRPU: EDISS Reports on Fall Injury in Emergency Dept. (2004); “SAIL” Pilot and RCT (Scott et al., 2004/2005)
UBC: Risk reduction for women with osteoporosis (Lui-Ambrose & Kahn, 2003); Strength & Balance in Reducing Falls (Donaldson & Kahn, 2005); Fall Risk for Women with Visual Impairment (Szabo & Kahn, 2006); ED Fall Outcomes (Salter, 2004)
SFU: Biomechanics of Falls & Hip Fractures (Robinovitch, 2005); Floor Stiffness & Risk of Hip Fracture (Laing, 2003-)
Other: Paramedics for Early Intervention of Falls (Robinson, 2004); OT Falls Assessment (Dixon, 2004); Centre for Hip Health (Oxland, 2006)
Capacity Building, Sustainability & Dissemination
F/P/T: Systematic Review of Best Practice in Falls Prevention (2000)
F/P/T: National Inventory of Falls Prevention (2000) BCIRPU: Economic Burden of Unintentional Injury in
B.C. (Smartrisk, 2001); Unintentional Fall-related Injury and Deaths: Trends, Patterns & Projections (BCIRPU, 2002)
MOH/BCIRPU: Prevention of Falls & Injury Among the Ederly: PHO Report
PHAC/MOH: Environmental Scan: Seniors & Veterans Falls Prevention Initiatives in B.C.
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* Age-Standardized.Source: Discharge Abstract Database, Population Health Surveillanc and Epidemiology, B.C. Ministry of Health.Age-Specif ic Rates - the number of hospital cases or days in the population for a specif ic age-group, multiplied by 1,000.Age-Standardized Rates - the number of hospital cases or days in the population for all age groups of interest (i.e. 65-74, 75-84, and 85+ years), adjusted to
Environmental Scan
Environmental Scan of Seniors and Veterans Falls Prevention Initiatives
Dr. Vicky Scott, Senior Advisor on Falls Prevention, BCIRPU
Dr. Elaine Gallagher, Professor, UVic School of Nursing
Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Associate Director, BCIRPU
Kristine Votova, Doctoral Student, University of Victoria
Dorry Smith, Researcher, BCIRPU
Purpose and Background
Why falls? 85% of all injuries to the elderly $180 million in direct health costs (BC,1998)
Why a falls’ inventory? Reflect changes since the previous scan (Scott, Dukeshire,
Gallagher, & Scanlan, 2001) Aid practitioners/researchers to better understand critical
factors
End result: prevent falls, promote networking and contribute to a collective effort currently underway in the province to reduce falls and injuries among older persons
Methods of Data Collection
Epidemiological data Vital Statistics (mortality) Ministry of Health (hospital separation)
Inventory data Province-wide survey of seniors falls prevention
initiatives
Critical factors of success In-depth interviews with successful programs
Results
116 completed inventories submitted
Nine-fold increase in reported initiatives
Initiatives categorized: Policy Research Practice
Results
Community/Pre-Frail and Well-Elderly (32%)
LTC/Frail and Cognitively Impaired Elderly (30%)
Acute Care/Geriatric Rehab Services (5%)
Cross-Site (11%)
Research (11%)
Policy (8%)
Private Providers (3%)
Information Provided in the Scan
Initiatives’ descriptive information
Key findings of critical factors of success
Recommendations to healthcare settings and providers
Indexes of tables
Translating Research to Practice
Evidence-based Applicable Affordable Effective Sustainable
The Interior Health Authority experience
1995: Researchers bring the issue of falls to the region
2000: North Okanagan Health Region (NOHR) planners were alarmed at the high rate of falls for their Health Area
Evidence to Practice Example
Evidence to Action
Partnerships formed Communities buy-in Three year funding received from HCVAC
Climate for Change
Four health areas merge in 2000 creating a climate change
New health region holds Population Health Conference in 2002 and Falls Program is showcased
Aging Population = Higher Falls Numbers
Pop Health Jump Starts Falls Focus
Champions were identified
Project funds were strategically dispersed
Strategic Plan was drafted
Falls Prevention Manager appointed by Population Health to provide leadership and support of regional efforts
Building Capacity
Created inventory with BCIRPU
Hired BCIRPU to produce a comprehensive falls report
Identified and supported falls pilots in each sector and health area based on sound research/best practices
Working with Municipal Councils, community groups and seniors to develop partnership to address local fall issues
Action to Practice
Internal: Residential Falls Program Acute Care Project Community Health Care Workers Project
External: Safe Communities falls prevention program
Challenges
Constant change
Compliance (Forms)
Reliable “real time” internal data
Developing universal reporting systems
Sustaining the programs beyond the project phase
Next Steps in Interior Health
Mandatory Performance Management indicators
Across sector falls reports
Hand over clinical piece to Performance Management
Will expand focus to include assisted living and well seniors in the community
What we have learned in B.C.
It takes time Need the evidence Need the right partners Need to integrate prevention into policy and
practice Need to evaluate and disseminate Need to build sustainability in from the start Need to celebrate your successes
Next Steps for B.C.
CFPC – national standardized training – B.C. climate created opportunity to do this
Accountability by HAs and Professionals Regional performance indicators Setting-specific practice indicators
BCFPC Monitoring and supporting Priority setting Disseminating
Questions?Questions?
Thank You!Merci!