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Medication Checklist Helps You Flag Residents At Risk Of Falling

Published on Sun Oct 14, 2007

Look way beyond Section 04 to identify these.

The American Medical Directors Association fall management guidelines identify these medications as posing a risk for falls:

Antiarrhythmics
Anticholinergics
Antidepressants
Antiepileptics
Antihypertensives
Anti-parkinsonian agents
Antipsychotic medications
Benzodiazepines
Diuretics
Narcotic analgesics
Vasodilators

Editor's note: The medications in bolded font are recorded on the MDS in Section O4.

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