Briefing on Hospital Safety: Safety by design: Safe facilities for senior citizens
Hospital Safety Insider, October 27, 2016
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Hospital Safety Insider!
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are intended to be havens of healing for the sick and injured as well as the aged. Ironically, however, many of these facilities can be challenging for seniors, disabled guests, and mobility-compromised individuals to enter, navigate, traverse, and exit safely. From cluttered and narrow corridors to flooring that provides poor traction to inconveniently located offices, these populations can face serious accessibility issues and injury hazards, particularly in older buildings that are less accommodating.
A recently published study by the National Institute on Aging reveals that the U.S. senior population will double by 2030, climbing to approximately 70 million, and that Americans age 65 can expect to live, on average, another 18 years. It stands to reason, then, that this group is going to represent a growing percentage of the occupants of your building, and a worsening safety and liability problem.
Even if your organization is not planning major renovations or new construction, there are things you can do to ensure a safer experience for elder and less mobile patients, staff, and visitors.
Read more here.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Hospital Safety Insider!
Related Products
-
Hospital Safety Center
Improve compliance with hospital safety standards from The Joint Commission, OSHA, and other regulators with this...
-
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
Created exclusively for healthcare facility managers, plant operations professionals, and directors of engineering, this...
-
Hospital Safety Insider
Stay on top of hospital safety requirements and best practices with our free, fast-paced weekly update.
-
Basic OSHA Compliance Manual Kit
Total compliance has never been easier. This one convenient package contains everything you need to ensure your outpatient...
-
Basic Dental OSHA Compliance Manual Kit
Total compliance has never been easier. This one convenient package contains everything you need to ensure your dental...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Differentiate between types of wound debridement
- Note similarities and differences between HCPCS, CPT® codes
- Complications from immobility by body system
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- Know guidelines and subtle differences in code descriptions for laceration repairs
- Don’t forget the three checks in medication administration
- Practice the six rights of medication administration
- What is the difference between an IPA and a medical group?
- Fracture coding in ICD-10-CM requires greater specificity
- ICD-10-CM coma, stroke codes require more specific documentation
- E-mailed
-
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- Oxygen Cylinder Storage Requirements
- Outpatient treatment room services
- News: AHA's Coding Clinic offers clarification on 'sepsis syndrome'
- New malnutrition criteria could help ensure consistent coding
- Get to the heart of cardiac catheterization coding
- Ensure compliance when reporting cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with an MCC
- Consider four tips when writing your use-of-force policy
- Complications from immobility by body system
- Be ready for surveyor focus on dialysis
- Searched