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Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and in people 50 and over at higher risk

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  • Reference number: NG249
  • Published:  29 April 2025
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Evidence reviews – April 2025

The following documents contain the evidence that was used to develop the 2025 recommendations:

  • Information and support
  • Clinical assessments
  • Accuracy of screening tools
  • Electronic patient records
  • Methods of assessment
  • Interventions for prevention of falls in community settings: exercise, multicomponent/multifactorial and environmental interventions
  • Interventions for prevention of falls in community settings: education, medication provision, vitamin D, nutrition, psychological and surgical interventions
  • Interventions for prevention of falls in hospital settings
  • Interventions for prevention of falls in residential care settings
  • Maximising participation, adherence and continuation of falls prevention interventions

Other supporting evidence

  • Methods
  • Economic model report

This page was last updated: 29 April 2025

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