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MI HR0354
Resolution
Status
12/7/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mike Callton
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AI Summary
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Encourages senior living communities to adopt objective, instrumentation-based balance assessment programs to identify fall risk and reduce fall incidents among seniors aged 65 and older.
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Cites that seniors have approximately 1 in 3 chance of experiencing falls annually, with non-fatal falls costing $19 billion in 2000, $30 billion in 2010, and projected to reach $54.9 billion by 2020.
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Promotes use of technology-driven weight-shifting analysis and analytic performance reports to provide evidence-based recommendations for reducing fall risk through restorative care or adaptive methods.
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Directs transmission of the resolution to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and all bodies conducting health care facilities accreditation in Michigan.
Legislative Description
A resolution to encourage the adoption of a frequent, functional, instrumentation-based, report-driven, and objective functional balance assessment program in senior living community risk management and resident safety programs to reduce the risk and episodes of falls in seniors.
Last Action
Adopted
12/7/2016