Care Home Prevention Falls Services

HCPA wanted to send a reminder of the services available to you when someone has fallen in your care homes. As you know residents have much better outcomes if they don’t have admissions to hospital or long lies while waiting for an ambulance. Hertfordshire have...

Risks Associated With ‘Fixed’ Furniture

Source: CQC   A recent Regulation 28 Coroner’s Report to CQC has highlighted risks associated with the use of ‘fixed’ furniture in care home rooms. ‘Fixed’ furniture means cupboards, tables, chairs and so on that are fixed to the floor so that they cannot move....

React To - Falls Prevention

Identifying, preventing, and managing Falls for Care Homes and other healthcare providers   ‘React To’ is a series of training resources developed by healthcare professionals. Although aimed at care home staff, these resources are also relevant to other carers...

Members Network Event | March 6th 2019

Prevention and Positive Outcomes HCPA looks forward to bringing together our members for our first quarterly Network event of the new year. We will be focusing on the importance of prevention in all service types and how you can maintain positive outcomes for all the...

Falls Prevention Week: A round up

Thank you to everyone who took part! National Falls Prevention Week 24th – 28th September 2018 In the midst of National Falls Prevention Week, we held our largest Falls Prevention Awareness Day to date! Here are some photos from the day: “Falls prevention training is...
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