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New huddle program aims to curb veteran falls in nursing homes

NCT ID NCT05906095

Disease control Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This study tests a program called LOCK, where frontline staff in State Veterans Homes work together in short huddles to identify and reduce fall risks for residents. Over 10,000 Veterans are taking part. The goal is to lower the high rate of falls and improve overall care without adding extra paperwork.

What this could mean

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Active substance
LOCK Falls Program (a behavioral intervention where frontline staff huddle to identify and reduce fall risks)
What this could lead to
If successful, this program could significantly reduce fall rates among elderly Veterans in nursing homes, improving safety and quality of care.
What could go wrong
This is a pragmatic implementation study, not a drug trial. Success depends on staff adoption and sustained behavior change, which can be challenging. Results may vary across different homes.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

574 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2024

Finished

Aug 2026

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: State Veterans Home nursing homes (SVHs) that are * licensed and * have electronic health records For SVH residents: All * long-stay SVH residents who are * Veterans * who have experienced a fall in the past six months or whom SVH staff identify as at risk of falling Exclusion Criteria: For State Veterans Home nursing homes (SVHs) residents: * all non-Veteran residents, and * Veterans who are comatose * or admitted for hospice and respite care

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Accidental falls Long-term care

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA

    Bedford, Massachusetts, 01730-1114, United States

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