Perfect Patient Pathway - Falls Prevention

Описание: The project is inviting people aged over 65, registered in one of the participating practices, who are identified as moderately frail on the Electronic Frailty Index (EFI) and have not yet had a recorded fall on the primary care system.



People identified as part of the project cohort will be invited into the practice to have their falls risk assessed by a trained Health Care Assistant using the Kinesis QTUGTM device. Those identified as having a score of over 50% (high risk) will be referred onto the Falls Pathway for a home assessment and intervention. The data from the assessment will be fed through to the Primary Care record and Community Team. At the end of their falls intervention period (6 months) the patient will be invited back to have their falls risk reassessed using the Kinesis QTUGTM device.

The Kinesis QTUG™ (Quantitative Timed Up and Go) is a medical device for assessment of falls risk and frailty. Each QTUG™ product kit contains two inertial sensors, worn on each shin, which stream data wirelessly via Bluetooth to a tablet device. It provides a method for objective assessment of mobility, falls risk and frailty. The device also provides identification of mobility impairment through automatic comparison against reference values for the service user’s age and gender.