Demand on your CARE: Keep Preventable Falls Away from You

Welcome to CUHK's ELDER004!
Demand on your CARE: Practicing Senior Safety Tips Keeps Preventable Falls Away from You

 

About this course

This course is part of a MOOC series of the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-Tools for Elder Care" funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

This course is open to social and health care professionals and anyone who show interest to this topic of fall prevention for seniors. Did you know that falls are the number one cause of geriatric trauma? Are you aware that your own home could be a place full of hazards related to falls? Did you know that there are protective devices that alleviate the impact of fall injuries? Falls can happen to anyone. If you are interested to know about the practical tips on fall prevention in order to assist older adults ageing successfully, this course is right for you.

The course opens on 30 December, 2019 and will run through identical issues till mid of 2024. Let us go through the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-Tools for Elder Care" in understanding the importance of fall prevention which is a challenge to ageing population.

Seniors who have fallen tend to lose confidence in their abilities, and reduce contact with the outside world. Some people may think staying at home can keep a senior from falls. Unfortunately, this is just far from the truth. Taking this course will help you learn about the safety tips at home, how to practice exercise at home, the proper use of walking stick, post-fall management, and considering protective devices for high risk elderly in reducing serious injuries after a fall accident.

This course is divided into 4 chapters. In addition, there will be quizzes. We estimate that you will need to spend no more than 4 contact hours on average to complete the course. It is in self-paced mode. You can study anytime and anywhere you want. We suggest you could study in a weekly basis for each chapter at your own schedule. Before you start, here is some helpful information for successful completion of this course.

 

Assessment

After study all the chapters, there will be an assessment consists of 20 quizzes.
To facilitate your learning process, assessment are allowed to have multiple attempts. While answering the questions, you are free to refer back to the teaching videos for answers.

After completion of this course, certification of attendance or certification with 4 CNE points (Nurse only) will be awarded. Please refer to the information 'How to get certificate' for details.

 

What you will learn

• The multifactorial fall risk assessment in older adults
• The importance of implementing multi-components intervention for fall prevention
• The best evidence on fall prevention in older adults through
    o Creating a safe home to eliminate preventable falls
    o Practicing physical activities in preventing falls
• How to practice fall prevention exercise at home
• Alternative protective devices in preventing serious injuries for older adults with high risk of fall

 

Requirements

There is no entry requirement.

 

Course Staffs

Prof. Jean Woo
Director
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing

Prof. Diana Lee
Professor of Nursing
CUHK The Nethersole School of Nursing

Dr. Maria Chui
Consultant
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing

Ms. Chui Man Kwok
Nursing Officer
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing

 

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