DLF Training is CPD-accredited by the CPD Certification Service.

This course is designated as INTERMEDIATE on the DLF Training and Education Pathway.

Professional groups who would benefit from this course

  • Therapists
  • Home carers
  • Nursing home staff
  • Residential care staff
  • People involved with care and independence of the elderly

Level of skills/knowledge

  • Previous moving and handling education at basic level
  • Problem-solving capability
  • Proven experience in care of the elderly
  • Good communication skills
  • Understanding of geriatric and age-related physical and mental problems
  • Report-writing skills

Employment area

  • PCT
  • Social services
  • Care home management
  • Community care

CPD markers

  • Guided education
  • Self-directed learning
  • Minor presentation preparation and delivery
  • Structured reading
  • Peer interaction
  • Practical experience
  • Skill development
  • Equipment evaluation
  • Experiential learning

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the risk factors inherent in elderly falls
  • Discuss how these risk factors may be practically managed
  • Understand the physical mechanism of falling
  • Explain the psychological impact of falls on people in general and the elderly in particular
  • Be aware of recent research into falls and fall management
  • Compile a list of options regarding the ongoing management of elderly falls
  • Reproduce at least two methods of getting people from the floor, at least one involving the use of equipment
  • Know the resources available for assisting the elderly from a fall situation
  • Explain the importance of physical exercise in elderly fall programmes
  • Understand the impact of inherent factors through experiential learning
  • Construct basic written guidelines for dealing with elderly falls, criteria for consideration, and management

NB for courses involving manual handling, the categories indicated in the Guidance for Physiotherapists in Manual Handling Ch. 4 are used-see http://www.csp.org.uk/uploads/documents/GIMH4CP.pdf

Course code and dates: MEF0311 - 10th March 2011

Duration: One day

Price per person: £180 + VAT (£216)

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