CPD module: Falls assessment and prevention

After completing this module, you should be more aware of:

·      the number of falls among older people;

·      the potential impact on health and wellbeing and on care services;

·      how falls are defined for medical purposes;

·      the wide range of risk factors associated with falls;

·      risk factors associated with bone fractures;

·      formal guidance for assessing and preventing falls;

·      assessment criteria including comprehensive falls assessment and falls prevention plans;

·      sources for lists of FRIDs;

·      fall risk increasing drugs (FRIDs) and medication reviews;

·      guidance and considerations around deprescribing a FRID;

·      common mechanisms in which FRIDs can contribute to fall;

·      core medication classes associated with increased falls risk;

·      examples of FRIDs and factors to consider in medicines optimisation reviews.