Avoiding Injuries

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   "This study suggests that there's a lot of room for improvement in reducing medical injuries.  We need to zero in on reducing the damage that the health care systems can inflict on patients."
   Keith Lind - referring to study in Injury Prevention
   
   This study goes on to say that most (62% of) injuries do not happen at home, but instead happen in doctor's offices, clinics, and nursing homes.  We may have to take into consideration that people in nursing homes obviously have other medical issues going on, but it is still notable that so many injuries happen in those settings.  I have been surprised that it is my advocating that got a bed rail on my loved one's bed, and I am the one who keeps pushing his bed against the wall (to prevent him falling between the bed and the wall).  It has not been the nursing home staff that has done these preventative measures.  In our advocating, it is my experience that we can help our loved one avoid injury by putting into place preventative measures -- because it does not seem that nursing home staff are oriented to do so.