Policy Critique Assessment 2022

Assessment Task 2
Policy Critique
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Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Health Policy 4
Consultation with consumers and colleagues 5
New policy 6
Implementation in practice 7
Community setting 7
Hospital setting 7
Residential care setting 8
Action Plan: Implementing a policy 8
Recommendations on the measurement of implementation 9
Conclusion 10
Appendix A- 11
1. POLICY STATEMENT 12
2. AIMS 12
3. TARGET AUDIENCE 13
4. RESPONSIBILITIES 13
5. DEFINITIONS 13
6. DOCUMENTATION 13
REFERENCES 13
REVISION & APPROVAL HISTORY 13
Appendix B 14
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Introduction
The complicated, as well as multifactorial nature of the risk of fall within a quickly aging
population, requests a pro activated a deliberate way to prevent falls. The policy's role in
preventing falls prevention among older individuals is to give the framework and support
fundamental to integrate falls prevention within a practice. The new policies tend to replace the
existing policies or gets amended with new every new research. Hence, it is essential that the
policies should be amended or designed followed by reviewing so as to give evidence-based
consideration to the older people in terms of fall prevention. Despite the fact that due to the
utilization of policies there are several pieces of evidence that support that the risk of falls in
Australia has diminished, but both the numbers and rate for all falls-related medical clinic
admission among older individuals have been increasing (Dapp, Anders, Suijker & Bjorkman,
2014). This demonstrates that a new or amended policy is required if the anticipated wellbeing
framework burden because of falls is to be directed (Day et al., 2010). Falls are a huge danger to
the safety, wellbeing, and freedom of Australia's older residents, representing 62 percent of
coincidental passings for individuals over 75 years (Martins, Andrade & Santos, 2015). Falls are
generally normal, among the older individuals accounting for about 28 to 39 percent above 65
years encountering one fall every year, and up to half encountering numerous falls (Taylor-
Piliae, Peterson & Mohler, 2017). The aging population in Australia which is above 65 years is
anticipated to increment from 1 percent in 2008 for up to 25 percent by the year 2056, with the
number of individuals above 80 growing generally significantly (Warner Frieson, 2016).
The main objective of the present report is to update an existing policy to be implemented for
preventing falls and its management among older individuals of age above 65 years while
supporting the present policy using evidence-based research. An action plan is also discussed to
implement the policy with evaluation tools.
Health Policy
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The policy selected for the present assessment is the “Fall and Fall Injury Prevention and
Management Policy” which is an amended and updated form of an existing policy that is
proposed by the “National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards Australian Commission
for Safety” as well as the “Quality in Health Care” (System Performance and Service Delivery,
2016). The major goal of the policy is to enhance life quality while maximizing the
independence of older individuals. It also helps in the establishment of the principles of best
practice required for a hospital, residential homes, as well as several community settings. The
policy tends to target the people while they are present in the mentioned care settings (İyigün et
al., 2016).
The overview of the policy provides an explanation that the policy makes use of 6 major toolkits
to prevent falls among older people. They are as follows (System Performance and Service
Delivery, 2016):
Tool 1 - It consists of TOR i.e., Terms of Reference which helps to illustrate a committee about
the leading activities which are required for improving care while reducing risk and meeting
health safety and standard needs.
Tool 2 - This tool is helpful in providing recommendations on how to screen a fall risk and
when, planning of care to be provided, care assessment as well as planning od discharge of older
individuals with careful input and consultation from consumers and colleagues.
Tool 3 - This tool helps to design safe utilization of bed rails by minimizing is utilization through
alternate approaches, risk of capable harm due to unsafe utilization, identification of restraint
while using bed rails, and the requirement of SLS (i.e., Safety Learning System).
Tool 4 - to report about an incident of an older individual fall in SLS containing the important
details to notify the incidents.
Tool 5 - To report about the incident using FAQs (i.e., frequently asked questions) by providing
scenarios and examples in the form of illustrations for clarifying about the report of a fall.
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