Fractures

Residents of care and nursing homes account for about 30% of all people with hip fracture admitted to hospital. Two-thirds of these come from care homes and the remainder from nursing homes. These people are frailer, more functionally dependent and have a higher prevalence of cognitive impairment than people admitted from their own homes and then discharged back to the care home for continued rehabilitation, please see resources below that support looking after fractures in the care home environment.