Enhanced Supervision
Using supervision as a primary intervention framed falls prevention around immediate fall-risk mediation rather than modifying underlying risks. The study recommends shifting ward practice away from supervision-as-prevention toward modific…
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Using supervision as a primary intervention framed falls prevention around immediate fall-risk mediation rather than modifying underlying risks. The study recommends shifting ward practice away from supervision-as-prevention toward modification of individual risk factors. Healthcare assistants experienced strain when supervising and caring for multiple patients in cohort bays. Enhanced supervision was viewed as necessary for patients whose cognitive impairment or delirium made fall risk acute.