"I felt so free when I was done with my conversation - it was as if everything was laid out on the table and I had someone there willing to help me with things of concern. I left there feeling so free and unburdened. It was a great experience. Everyone should do it."
The updated guidelines are based upon observations by doctors and health professionals and focus on prevention strategies to minimize risk. The program focuses more effort on assessments of the elderly and intervention strategies designed to modify environments and behaviors in order to lessen the chances of a fall happening.
A four-page Summary of Recommendations is also available
"By introducing this product advance (Aggregate Profiler Tool, see column on right side), COLLAGE is taking the next logical step in developing a valuable tool that resonates even more with consortium member organizations," said Beryl Goldman, Director of Kendal Outreach LLC and COLLAGE. "COLLAGE members will discover that the Aggregate Profiler Tool is very simple to run and will help them understand the characteristics and risks of their residents,as well as provide comparative data from all COLLAGE member sites for benchmarking and quality assurance purposes. It's a very exciting time in the evolution of COLLAGE."
COLLAGE is a membership consortium of aging services organizations, including continuing care communities, moderate-income and federally subsidized housing, home care and community-based agencies using an evidence-based assessment system to advance healthy aging and improve outcomes of older adults living independently.
On February 3, COLLAGE released a new report generation tool called the Aggregate Profiler. The tool is a significant
product enhancement and allows users to create on-demand frequency distributions (count and percent) for any hundreds of data items in the portfolio of COLLAGE assessments. It also includes comparison data from all members nationwide.
