Nursing homes phasing out alarms to reduce falls - Washington Post

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Nursing homes phasing out alarms to reduce falls Washington Post MADISON, Wis. — Alarms no longer go off when a resident shifts in bed or rises from a wheelchair at Oakwood Village Prairie Ridge in Madison. Nurses no longer place fall mats next to beds or lower beds to the floor when residents sleep. The changes ... and more »

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