Fall Prevention

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Disclosure statements

• Discuss the prevalence of falls.
• Discuss epidemiology regarding falls.
• Identify causes and risk factors of falls.
• Discuss evaluating a patient post-fall.
• Identify examination techniques used to assess a patient post-fall.
• Have the tools to implement a balance and fall prevention program.
• Describe fall prevention strategies in acute cure.
• Discuss perceptions related to falls and fall prevention among hospitalized adults.
• Describe ways to prevent falls in the geriatric population.
• Discuss single and multi-factorial fall prevention strategies.
• Describe how to perform a risk assessment and be able to implement fall prevention strategies associated with each risk.
• Understand how to perform and score the Berg Balance Assessment.
• Understand how to perform the Timed Up and Go test.
• Describe the association between vitamin D and fall prevention in women.
• Describe the effectiveness of physical therapist-administered group-based exercise in fall prevention.
• Describe physical therapy for improving balance and reducing fall risk for patients with knee osteoarthritis.
• Describe the association of flexibility, balance, and lumbar strength with balance ability.
• Understand how single-task vs. dual-task training affects balance performance in older adults.
• Describe the occupational therapy perspective on fall prevention.
• Describe safety versus independence as it relates to fall prevention.
• Understand the need for support for caregivers of patients with a history of falls.
• Describe vestibular conditions and how they can relate to falls.