Contemporary Nursing

Objective This paper is to explore the effect of applying the continuous nursing work of collaborative nursing mode to the elderly patients at home in the prevention of falls. Methods the enrolled samples were selected from 50 elderly patients at home who were treated in the outpatient department of our hospital from February 2020 to January 2022. The incidence of falls, fall scores and nursing satisfaction of the two groups of elderly patients at home for 1 month, 3 months and half a year were compared. Results the nursing group was better than the routine nursing group in terms of fall incidence (4%), fall score at different stages after discharge and 92% nursing satisfaction with collaborative continuity study (P < 0.05), indicating that there was a comparative significance. Conclusion the implementation of scientific and effective collaborative continuous nursing for elderly patients at home has significantly improved the occurrence of falls, fall scores in different periods after discharge, and nursing satisfaction, indicating that the nursing program has high clinical value.

Elderly patients at home; Collaborative nursing model; Continuity of care; Fall prevention; Application effect