Reducing Fall Risks Associated With Toileting

Course overview

Falls associated with toileting remains one of the top root causes contributing to falls among all adult patients across settings of care. Toilet-related falls occur due to intrinsic risk factors at the patient-level (i.e. impaired gait and balance, muscle weakness, incontinence) and extrinsic risk factors (i.e. toilet height, access to proper grab bars). Universal toileting strategies remain ineffective toileting programs. In this session, rehabilitation nurses will learn strategies to examine current toileting strategies as the opportunity to redesign a population-based approached to scheduled and assisted toileting and create a safer environment for safe toileting.