• Clin Med (Lond) · Dec 2014

    Assessment and prevention of falls in older people--concise guidance.

    • Cameron G Swift and Steve Iliffe.
    • King's College London, London, UK cameron.swift@kcl.ac.uk.
    • Clin Med (Lond). 2014 Dec 1; 14 (6): 658662658-62.

    AbstractFalls in later life are a major health issue, both in terms of their injurious consequences and their significance as a diagnostic marker. Cost-effective measures for their assessment and prevention are well documented but insufficiently implemented. This Concise Guideline comprises a distillation of recommendations for the assessment and prevention of falls in older people based on Clinical Guideline 161 (incorporating CG21) published by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in 2013. The recommendations are intended to provide both generalists and specialists with an overview of practical strategies for clinical case and/or risk ascertainment and intervention, and for referral and service implementation across the primary-secondary care interface and within the hospital setting. Recommendations abstracted verbatim from the Guideline are highlighted. Explanatory or supporting comment is given as appropriate.© 2014 Royal College of Physicians.

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