Reducing falls through the implementation of a multicomponent intervention on a rural mixed rehabilitation ward.

Problem: There is an absence of literature to guide staff in how falls can be reduced in a diverse patient population on a mixed acute/subacute rehabilitation unit, especially one with daily fluctuations in acuity that occurs due to frequent changes in its acute/rehabilitation patient ratio.

Design: Pre-intervention and post-intervention audits.

Setting: The Rehabilitation Unit at Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital in Tamworth, NSW.