Information for Individuals and Families

Resources

• Fall Prevention Resources - A database of online resources related to fall prevention.
  
  
• Health and Safety Executive (UK) Preventing Slips and Trips at Work - A brochure that suggests simple, and easy to implement, ways to prevent falls among the elderly. (PDF)
  
  
• Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults - A booklet that provides a simple test for determining how vulnerable an older person is to falls. (PDF)
  
  
• Prevention of Falls in the Elderly Population - A booklet on the role of the community in fall prevention. (PDF)

Avoid Bad Falls by Exercising to Improve Balance - Recent article by the AARP on how exercising and increased balance can help reduce the risks of falls.

Elderly Falls Cut By 11 Percent With Education And Intervention - A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine July 17 showed that the elderly population reduced falls when given the proper education and prevention techniques.