Overview

• Background 
  • Including risk factors, prevalence and complications.  
• Assessment 
  • How to assess someone’s risk of falling 
• Management 
  • Details of possible management strategies by a specialist falls service 
• Optional quiz to assess learning goals from the course 
• Audit suggestions 

Goals

• During this course you will learn how to:​
  • Make an accurate assessment of a person at risk of falling.​
  • Refer people at risk of falling for a multidisciplinary falls assessment.​
  • Ensure that people assessed as being at increased risk of falling are offered an individualised multifactorial intervention. ​
  • Ensure that people who do not have an indication to be referred for a multifactorial risk assessment are reassessed at least annually.​
  • Provide appropriate information and advice on reducing the risk of falls.

Audit Suggestions

Topics covered