Older Adults Flashcards
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Falls Risk Assessment
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✓ Falls risk assessment is multifactorial.
✓ Done by an appropriately skilled clinician (usually in a specialist falls service).
✓ Offered to all people >=65 years who:
✓ Have had two or more falls in the last 12 months
- Present following a fall
- Cannot perform/perform poorly on, the Timed Up & Go test and/or the Turn 180° test
Falls assessment includes 2 tests (The Timed Up and Go test and Turn 180 degrees test) that can be used in falls assessment.
✓ If a person takes more than 4 steps to face the opposite direction in the ‘Turn 180° test’ then further assessment is required.
