Beryl Ann Walsh · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 19 Nov 2018•Manchester North

Published report and response evidence

This report’s concerns and statements found in recipients’ published responses. Statements are included even where no link to an individual concern is recorded. A link shows an evidence connection; it does not assign responsibility.

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Concerns
5

Raised in this report

Recipients
1

Named on the report

Responses found
1

Of 1 recipient

Stated actions
5

Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised5

  1. Failure to refer people at high risk of falls to the falls prevention team
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate control of falls risks
  2. Failure to undertake falls prevention care plans
    Part of recurring concern: Failure to reliably develop and review risk-reduction plansPart of recurring concern: Inadequate control of falls risksPart of recurring concern: Unreliable care-planning processes
  3. Failure to provide falls prevention equipment
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate control of falls risks

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.5

  1. Beechwood Lodge

    Strengthen risk assessments for residents who have experienced falls.

  2. Beechwood Lodge

    Document all conversations with relatives and professionals.

  3. Beechwood Lodge

    Implement a falls matrix to monitor falls and support referrals to the falls team when required.

  4. Beechwood Lodge

    Add safety-equipment risk assessments to care plans, including whether equipment is used and reasons for non-use.

  5. Beechwood Lodge

    Refer all falls-risk concerns to appropriate professionals, including doctors and falls teams.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.1

  1. Beechwood Lodge

    Falls-prevention equipment was considered inappropriate because of trip hazards from extremely poor eyesight, with the existing call bell enabling assistance when required.

    Existing arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to refer people at high risk of falls to the falls prevention team

Wider context from the report

“1. That there were multiple missed opportunities to identify the deceased as a person of high risk of falls and to escalate her care by way of a referral to the falls team. Furthermore, there were multiple missed opportunities to provide the deceased with falls prevention equipment and to undertake falls risk assessments and care plans. I remain concerned that appropriate action to minimise the risk of deaths occurring in similar circumstances has not been taken by Beechwood Lodge Care Home. During the last 12 months of her life she had fallen on multiple occasions. However, she had not been referred to the falls prevention team and had not been provided with any falls prevention equipment. No care plans and falls risk assessments had been undertaken ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate control of falls risks.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to undertake falls prevention care plans

Wider context from the report

“1. That there were multiple missed opportunities to identify the deceased as a person of high risk of falls and to escalate her care by way of a referral to the falls team. Furthermore, there were multiple missed opportunities to provide the deceased with falls prevention equipment and to undertake falls risk assessments and care plans. I remain concerned that appropriate action to minimise the risk of deaths occurring in similar circumstances has not been taken by Beechwood Lodge Care Home. During the last 12 months of her life she had fallen on multiple occasions. However, she had not been referred to the falls prevention team and had not been provided with any falls prevention equipment. No care plans and falls risk assessments had been undertaken ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Failure to reliably develop and review risk-reduction plans; Inadequate control of falls risks; Unreliable care-planning processes.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to provide falls prevention equipment

Wider context from the report

“1. That there were multiple missed opportunities to identify the deceased as a person of high risk of falls and to escalate her care by way of a referral to the falls team. Furthermore, there were multiple missed opportunities to provide the deceased with falls prevention equipment and to undertake falls risk assessments and care plans. I remain concerned that appropriate action to minimise the risk of deaths occurring in similar circumstances has not been taken by Beechwood Lodge Care Home. During the last 12 months of her life she had fallen on multiple occasions. However, she had not been referred to the falls prevention team and had not been provided with any falls prevention equipment. No care plans and falls risk assessments had been undertaken ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate control of falls risks.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to undertake falls risk assessments

Wider context from the report

“1. That there were multiple missed opportunities to identify the deceased as a person of high risk of falls and to escalate her care by way of a referral to the falls team. Furthermore, there were multiple missed opportunities to provide the deceased with falls prevention equipment and to undertake falls risk assessments and care plans. I remain concerned that appropriate action to minimise the risk of deaths occurring in similar circumstances has not been taken by Beechwood Lodge Care Home. During the last 12 months of her life she had fallen on multiple occasions. However, she had not been referred to the falls prevention team and had not been provided with any falls prevention equipment. No care plans and falls risk assessments had been undertaken ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate control of falls risks; Unreliable completion and verification of falls-risk assessments.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to identify people at high risk of falls

Wider context from the report

“1. That there were multiple missed opportunities to identify the deceased as a person of high risk of falls and to escalate her care by way of a referral to the falls team. Furthermore, there were multiple missed opportunities to provide the deceased with falls prevention equipment and to undertake falls risk assessments and care plans. I remain concerned that appropriate action to minimise the risk of deaths occurring in similar circumstances has not been taken by Beechwood Lodge Care Home. During the last 12 months of her life she had fallen on multiple occasions. However, she had not been referred to the falls prevention team and had not been provided with any falls prevention equipment. No care plans and falls risk assessments had been undertaken ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate control of falls risks.

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Strengthen risk assessments for residents who have experienced falls.

Verbatim wording from the response

“1. We have put more in robust risk assessments for residents who have had falls.”

Source location

2018-0359-Response-by-Beechwood-Lodge
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Published 25 April 2019

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Document all conversations with relatives and professionals.

Verbatim wording from the response

“2. We are documenting all conversations with relatives and professionals.”

Source location

2018-0359-Response-by-Beechwood-Lodge
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Published 25 April 2019

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Implement a falls matrix to monitor falls and support referrals to the falls team when required.

Verbatim wording from the response

“3. We have now put all new risk assessments in all care plans about safety equipment whether they use it or why they do and the reasons why they don’t. I also have put in place a falls matrix, so I can monitor falls and do referrals to falls team when required.”

Source location

2018-0359-Response-by-Beechwood-Lodge
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Published 25 April 2019

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Add safety-equipment risk assessments to care plans, including whether equipment is used and reasons for non-use.

Verbatim wording from the response

“3. We have now put all new risk assessments in all care plans about safety equipment whether they use it or why they do and the reasons why they don’t. I also have put in place a falls matrix, so I can monitor falls and do referrals to falls team when required.”

Source location

2018-0359-Response-by-Beechwood-Lodge
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Published 25 April 2019

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Refer all falls-risk concerns to appropriate professionals, including doctors and falls teams.

Verbatim wording from the response

“4. We will ensure all falls risk concerns are referred to appropriate professionals i.e. doctors and falls teams.”

Source location

2018-0359-Response-by-Beechwood-Lodge
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Published 25 April 2019

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Source evidence

How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Falls-prevention equipment was considered inappropriate because of trip hazards from extremely poor eyesight, with the existing call bell enabling assistance when required.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The falls that BW sustained was over a 3 and half year period, the equipment what would be usually required was more of a risk to BW due to extremely poor eyesight so equipment for falls prevention was not appropriate due to trip hazards, however BW had good capacity so was able to use the call bell she had in place when she required assistance.”

Source location

2018-0359-Response-by-Beechwood-Lodge
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Published 25 April 2019

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