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This podcast episode presents the results of the investigation into the premature death of a resident who had a fall from a runaway wheelchair. The three commentaries draw on clinical and research experts to address how to balance improving mobility with a wheelchair while mitigating potential harm. We also welcome a new narrator Ashleigh Redmond who is a practising registered nurse and actor.
This is Episode Sixteen of our podcast series and features material from our May 2023 print edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué.
Episode Contents
01:22 Editorial
05:15 Case A fatal downhill slope
15:11 Commentary: Falls of wheelchair users: what do we know?
19:18 Commentary: Call an OT
26:00 Commentary: Looking deeper
27:49 Reflections of senior nurses