Alice Chalmers

 

Alice Chalmers is a 78 year-old woman brought to the emergency department after a fall in her bathroom. She is unable to weight-bear on her right leg, and X-ray shows a hip fracture.

 

• what risk factors may have contributed to his fall?
• describe x ways of preventing hip fractures.

 

While in hospital following her surgery she develops agitation and attempts to climb out of her bed, falling again in the process.

 

What are the common hospital practices that are detrimental to the frail elderly health?

answer: inadequate nutrition, foreign environment, excessive bedrest, polypharmacy, sleep deprivation, inattention to functional decline by staff