Susie Dinan and colleagues at Camden and Islington PCT put together a resource for people wanting to set up or quality assure falls prevention exercise sessions. This resource has been made available freely so that you can adapt it for your own setting. Click here to download.
Interventions to prevent accidental falls among older people. Skelton DA, Todd C. World Health Organisation Health Evidence Network Document. 2004.
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This was followed up in 2007 by a series of resources for health care implementers – visit the WHO website on falls prevention or download their Global Strategy.
This paper, published in 2004, details the development and validation of the FRAT – falls risk tool for use by GPs with older people living in the community. FRAT to download.
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Wiltshire Falls Prevention service works with PSIs and was considered a model of good practice by the DTI. Read more here.
This paper by Allen et al, in Physiotherapy, describes the use of CBE leaders within a falls prevention service. Click here to read.
This article, in Nursing Older People, describes the falls services in Weymouth and Portland and the use of CBE leaders within that service. To view the article, click here.
In 2010 the American Geriatrics and British Geriatrics Society reviews their guidelines to prevent falls. Click here to see the guidelines.
In 2004, the National Institute of Clinical Excellence published its guidance on falls prevention. Part of the guidance included evidence based exercise opportunities for people with a history of falls.
You can view the quick reference guide here, or view the full guidelines on the NICE website.
Exercise and Falls Prevention – Review by Skelton in CME:Geriatric Medicine, 2007. Click here to view.
