There are ways you can reduce your risk of having a fall, including making simple changes to your home and doing exercises to improve your strength and balance. If you have any concerns, please talk to your GP.
Tips for preventing falls in the home include:
1. Public Health England Active At Home booklet – a useful guide on how to be active at home for older adults particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic: PHE Active at Home Booklet 21 May ELECTRONIC.PDF
2. Get up and go booklet – a guide to staying steady: https://www.csp.org.uk/system/files/get_up_and_go_0.PDF
3. 10 today! Just 10 minutes of physical activity a day can benefit your physical and mental health. 10 Today is a short, enjoyable and easy routine: 10 today
4. A Doctor’s guide to preventing falls Preventing your Falls Risk Dr Thakkar with voiceover.pptx
6. Keep on Keep Up (KOKU) - A free evidence based app which aims to assist older adults to independently engage with evidence based strength and balance exercises and includes games on how to maintain bone health, home safety and staying hydrated: https://kokuhealth.com/
7. Age UK staying steady booklet: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-uk/documents/information-guides/ageukig14_staying_steady_inf.pdf
8. NHS exercises for older adults:
9. Royal Society for the prevention of accidents - safe at home tips for the over 65s https://www.rospa.com/rospaweb/docs/advice-services/home-safety/safe-at-home-over-65s-booklet.pdf
10. Falls Assistant Website
https://fallsassistant.org.uk/exercise-centre