CHCAGE007 - Recognise and report risk of falls

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work-based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

• identify indicators of falls risk for at least two people, including at least one physical risk and one environmental risk
• report each of the above falls risks according to organisational policies and procedures, maintaining the privacy and dignity of the person.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

• the ageing process and how it might affect the risk of falls
• factors contributing to the risk of falls and their impact on people and their family or carer:

• environmental
• physical
• emotional
• effects of medication

• how to recognise a change in the person’s normal posture, gait and balance
• medical causes of falls, and how to recognise signs of those causes
• the physical and psychological effects of falls on people and their family or carer
• communication practices for working with people that promote respect and empowerment
• legal and ethical considerations and organisational policies and procedures for working with people:

• duty of care
• dignity of risk
• human rights
• privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
• work health and safety

• organisational policies and procedures for:

• referral to supervisor or health professional
• documentation, including the importance of timely accurate, objective and detailed records
• reporting
• storage of information.