Falls Screening Service

If you’ve fallen, or are at risk of falling, you will be offered a ‘home and person’ falls risk screen to identify ways to reduce your risk of further falls, and help you to continue to carry out activities that are important to you.

The Falls Screening service is available to any person over the age of 65 who may have experienced a fall or who is afraid of falling. The  service will also refer the patient onward to appropriate services.

Access to this service is via:-

  • Northern Ireland Ambulance Service- Patient whom NIAS have attended to with a fall and are deemed not necessary to transfer to an Emergency Department.
  • Emergency Departments / Minor Injuries Unit- Patient who attends one of these departments, is treated and discharged (not admitted)
  • Self-referrals- Anyone who is concerned about falling or has fallen, or is concerned about a relative falling, can call the Fall Screening service.

The purpose of a falls risk screen is to:

  • listen to what happened and why you think you fell
  • identify risk factors that may have contributed to your fall
  • agree an action plan with you to reduce your risk of falling, and harming yourself should you fall again

The screen will also include a chat about your bone health as falls are the leading cause of broken bones in older people.

The overall aim is to enable older people to continue to live healthy, safe lives with increased independence. To help achieve this, the service works in partnership with statutory, private and voluntary organisations.

Information on how to help prevent falls and consequent fractures:-

The Ups and Downs of Falling

Stand up for your bones

Falls Prevention Advice

 

 


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