Preventing Falls

• keep your home clutter and obstacle free, especially stairs, so you can move around easily
•  use high wattage bulbs to provide good lighting
•  wear well-fitting shoes or slippers
•  get help if you need to lift something heavy
•  do gentle exercise to improve your balance and muscle strength
•  have regular health and eye tests
•  eat a healthy, balanced diet with plenty of calcium to keep your bones strong

If you fall when you're alone, get help and keep yourself warm. If you're worried about getting help, you may want to get a community alarm that you can wear around your neck. Pressing the alarm will alert our response centre staff and they'll ring you to see what's wrong.

When you next see your doctor or nurse, tell them about your fall. They can check whether a health problem is causing you to fall and if it's likely to happen again. If it is, they may give you medication to improve your condition.

Make sure you tell your family that you have had a fall so that they can keep an eye on you and make sure you get any treatment you might need.

Our Hull and East Riding Falls Service assesses patients and provides support to reduce their risk of falls and fall related injuries.  Support can be provided in a patient’s home or within a clinical setting and helps people with a history of falls to remain independent.

We work with patients to help them find ways of doing things that reduce the risk of falls including making simple changes to their home, provision of aids and adaptations, helping with exercises to improve strength and balance or reviewing medications.

Referral Criteria

• 18 years or over
• Registered with a Hull or East Riding GP
• One or more fall in the last 6 months.

East Riding Patients

Referrals are via any health professional.

Tel: 01482 336553