Category: Falls Elderly

Preventing falls in people with learning disabilities

Public Health England, August 2019

This guide contains information to help staff in public health, health services and social care to prevent falls in people with learning disabilities. It is also intended to help falls prevention services to provide support that is accessible to people with learning disabilities. The guide aims to be of use to family carers, friends and paid support staff to help them think about what risks may contribute to falls and how to reduce such risks.

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Strength and balance quality markers: Supporting improvement through audit

Public Health England, August 2019

Strength and balance exercise programmes are an important intervention for falls prevention. This report details of 7 quality markers for strength and balance exercise, suitable for use by local areas as criteria to help them carry out self-audits. With an intended audience of both local commissioning and strategic leads in England with a remit for falls, bone health and healthy ageing and providers involved with strength and balance falls prevention exercise, this document has been produced by Public Health England (PHE) with the National Falls Prevention Coordination Group (NFPCG) member organisations.

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