Healthcare providers such as physicians and therapists play an important role in fall prevention by recognizing medical conditions that may cause falls. Healthcare providers play an important role in coordinating medical care for fall prevention.
Here are some things you can do.
Resources:
American Geriatrics Society Falls Prevention Website. Includes tools for healthcare providers
Guidelines for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons (American Geriatrics Society, 2001) . Assessment and intervention guidelines for clinicians.
Falls Free: Promoting a National Falls Prevention Action Plan: Research Review Papers (NCOA 2005). Includes discussions of implications and recommendations across four primary risk factors: physical mobility, medications management, home safety and environmental safety.
Falls Toolkit for Physicians. Practicing Physician Education in Geriatrics (PPE). The Falls Tool Kit is used for the initial evaluation and management of a patient who experiences falls, and provides educational materials to teach patients how to reduce their risk of falling.
National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit (2004). The Falls Toolkit provides information on designing a falls prevention and management program, effective interventions for high-risk fall patients, implementing hip protectors for high-risk fall patients, and educating patients, families and staff on falls and fall-injury prevention
PROFANE Online Community. The ProFaNE Online Community is an active working group of Health Care Practitioners, Researchers and Public Health Specialists dedicated to the prevention of falls in Europe and beyond.