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Rein Tideiksaar, PhD, is the president of fallPREVENT and has been active in the area of fall prevention for over fifteen years. He has directed numerous research projects on falls and has developed fall prevention programs in the community, assisted living, home care, acute care hospital, and nursing facility setting. Dr. Tideiksaar has written numerous articles and book chapters on falls and related topics.
"My first introduction to Rein was through Falls in Older People:
Prevention and Management, 2nd edition, subsequently interacting
with him professionally on a few fall prevention advisory panels.
Throughout the our relationship I have remained in awe of his
single-minded focus on reducing the incidence of falls among our
most vulnerable older adults, those in unfamiliar surroundings such
as hospitals and long term care facilities. The general lack of
effective inpatient and long term care facility fall prevention
programs is challenging but should not preclude the implementation
of an evidence-informed approach to maintaining a safe environment
for older adults. A well educated staff with heightened awareness
and standing protocols to promote a safe environment and
identification and management of at risk older adults can reduce
falls and fall-related injuries. This expanded edition provides the
reader with a solid foundation in the basics of aging, fall
prevention and the evidence available on preventing falls. It
should be the primary handbook of injury prevention/safety
personnel in any facility housing older adult clients."- Bonita
Lynn Beattie, PT, MPT, MHA, Vice President, Injury Prevention Falls
FreeTM Initiative, National Council on Aging-- (03/19/2010)
[REVIEWER'S EXPERT OPINION]Sharon G Thomas, BSN(University of
Missouri-Columbia)**Description**This book provides an
understanding of what causes older people to fall, how toprevent
falls when possible, and keeping people safe when they do fall.
Sincethe book was first published in 1993, there has been an
increased emphasis onfall management programs and keeping people
safe.**Purpose**Falls continue to be a common problem in hospitals
and nursing facilities. Theyare associated with many negative
outcomes, including injury and death. InOctober 2008, the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced thatMedicare would no
longer pay extra costs for treatment of preventable injuries, which
heightened awareness and increased efforts to prevent injuries due
tofalls. The book addresses all steps that are necessary to develop
and implementa fall prevention program in either the acute or
long-term care setting.**Audience**It is targeted specifically at
the people in organizations responsible forassessing, planning and
implementing a fall prevention and management program, and it is
written at a level that can be appreciated by all
healthcareprofessionals. Dr. Tideiksaar has been active in the area
of fall preventionfor more than 25 years, and serves as an
excellent guide to the development ofa fall prevention
program.**Features**Organized in a very logical manner, the book
begins with an understanding offalls and how to manage them. Topics
include assessing individuals for fallrisk, assessing the
environment, and making changes to increase safety anddecrease
risk. The next section discusses how to implement interventions.
Dr.Tideiksaar focuses on using evidence-based guidelines and
selecting the optionsthat work best in an individual situation.
Section three has very practicalresources to be used in assessment,
implementation, and evaluation. There arealso forms that can be
used for documentation. Pictures and illustrationseducate staff on
positioning people properly in chairs and beds.**Assessment**This
book brings together many resources, guidelines, and illustrations,
some ofwhich are available from other sources, but having them all
in one bookincreases efficiency. This fourth edition includes
chapters on key processsteps and interventions, organizational
requirements, evidence-based practice, and new guidelines that were
absent from previous editions. The one thing Iwould change about
the book is the binding. It would be easier to use, andwould last
longer, if it was spiral bound and could lay
flat.-----------------------------------------------------------Weighted
Numerical Score: 84 - 3 Stars-- (09/10/2010)
Tideiksaar, who is associated with a company that provides
educational, legal, and marketing services in connection with fall
prevention for older adults, offers a guide for nursing and direct
care providers, geriatricians, administrators, allied health
professionals, and professional and family caregivers to preventing
and managing falls in older people in acute and long-term care
settings. He addresses the underlying causes and how to develop and
maintain a fall managementprogram, including medical,
rehabilitative, and environmental strategies, and issues relating
to restraints. This edition has updated chapters and exercises,
with chapters on key process steps and interventions,
organizational requirements and evidence-based practice, and new
guidelines and forms for prevention programs.-- (09/01/2010)
"Dr. Tideiksaar has been active in the area of fall prevention for
more than 25 years, and serves as an excellent guide to the
development of a fall prevention program."-- (09/10/2010)
"For those of us who work in Fall Prevention we are fortunate to
add to our resources another comprehensive, practical,
evidence-informed fall prevention guide from the acclaimed author
and fall prevention expert - Dr. Rein Tideiksaar. I am pleased to
endorse this solid piece of work that focuses on an often
overlooked population - health care providers who care for older
persons in hospitals and nursing facilities. This fourth edition
builds on a solid foundation of evidence on the causes and
prevention falls and translates this knowledge into practical
solutions in the form of assessment tools, care plans and detailed
strategies for the application of least restraint policies, hip
protectors, monitoring strategies, environmental modifications,
discharge planning, and many others. A great strength of this book
is the clear depiction of how proven strategies for prevention can
be integrated into daily routine of health care providers in
institutional settings. The book concludes with a useful set of
case studies to help reinforce the wealth of new information and a
series of answers to frequently asked questions sent to Dr.
Tideiksaar over the years. This book is a must for all care
settings for older adults."-- (03/12/2010)
Health. FALLS IN OLDER PEOPLE: PREVENTION & MANAGEMENT by Rein
Tideiksaar (Health Professions Press, 312 pages, softcover, $34.95,
978-1-932529-44-9): Written primarily for direct care and nursing
staff, and others who participate in care and planning for the care
of elderly people, this book thoroughly covers falls and their
prevention. Nearly half of the book, which is now in its fourth
edition, is devoted to resources: assessment tools, best management
practices, home safety guidelines, and checklists.-- (06/03/2010)
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