“We use OneStep as a complementary tool for the standard falls assessment we do with our residents on a quarterly basis. OneStep allows us to predict falls much more accurately than before.”
Christine Busby, MS, CCC-SLP, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Signature Rehab
Linda is 79. Her gait speed slipped from 0.6 to 0.5 meters per second. On paper, almost nothing. In life, everything. Research links a decline that small to a 7% increase in fall risk and a 12% increase in mortality risk.
Signature Rehab's therapists relied on nursing reports and quarterly screenings to catch declines like Linda's. By the time a change showed up in a report, the window for early intervention had often closed. Care was reactive when it needed to be proactive.
With OneStep monitoring residents continuously, Linda's care team was notified automatically the moment her gait parameters shifted. Her stride consistency, step asymmetry, and double support time told a clear story. She was referred back to therapy before anything happened, not after.
Linda improved quickly and stayed safe and independent in her community. Across Signature's facilities, the same early-warning approach changed the numbers everywhere.
The decline no one could see became the fall that never happened.