Implementing best practice guideline to reduce falls related injuries in older adults at Hampton Terrace LTC home

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This Evidence Booster examines the impact of implementing RNAO’s Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls (2017) best practice guideline in one Ontario long-term care (LTC) home.

Hampton Terrace Care Centre, a LTC home in Burlington, Ontario, demonstrated a decrease in the percentage of falls resulting in injury after implementing the guideline.