Assessing Risk of Falls: Too Many Choices!

Course overview

How do we screen and assess balance and fall risk? There are many screening and assessment tools to choose from. By completing this course participants will know how to choose a screening tool and/or assessment tool for their patient. The course begins by setting the stage and discussing what clinicians should be looking for, how to screen for it, and how to select the risk factors to further evaluate patients in order to prescribe an appropriate intervention or refer out. Depending on the patient's screening results, a clinician will be able to use the appropriate assessment tool and document a good clinical assessment.