Recommendation ID
NG249/4
Question

What interventions that address behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia are most effective in reducing the incidence of falls in care home residents with dementia?

Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)

For a short explanation of why the committee made this recommendation for research, see the rationale section on interventions to reduce the risk of falls – residential care settings .

Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review H: interventions for prevention of falls in residential care settings.


Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and in people 50 and over at higher risk
Number
NG249
Date issued
April 2025

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 10/07/2025