What Is Fall Prevention?
Falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults, but they are often preventable. Our Fall Prevention Care service is dedicated to creating a safer living environment and strengthening the physical stability of your loved one, allowing them to maintain independence and confidence at home. This service focuses on proactive measures, comprehensive risk assessment, and supportive assistance to minimize the chance of accidents.
Fall Prevention Care is a specialized in-home service that combines a professional home safety assessment with hands-on assistance designed to reduce environmental and personal risk factors for falls. It is a compassionate and uplifting service aimed at fostering physical confidence and ensuring that the home remains a secure sanctuary, rather than a hazard.
Those that benefit from fall prevention services
Our program is ideal for any senior, and especially those who:
- Have a history of one or more falls in the past year.
- Experience dizziness, balance issues, or muscle weakness.
- Take multiple medications that may affect balance or alertness.
- Have vision problems, joint pain, or arthritis.
- Are recovering from surgery or a debilitating illness.
- Are living in a home with multiple stairs, throw rugs, or poor lighting.
Our personalized in-home fall prevention services
Our trained and compassionate caregivers implement a multi-faceted approach to security and balance, ensuring every angle of risk is addressed.
Personal Care & Mobility Support:
- Safe Transfer Assistance: Providing physical support when moving in and out of beds, chairs, or vehicles.
- Walking and Ambulation Support: Steadying assistance when walking, especially on uneven surfaces or during routine tasks.
- Encouraging Safe Movement: Gently encouraging exercises recommended by physical therapists or physicians to improve strength and balance.
- Medication Reminders: Ensuring timely and correct dosage of medications, which helps prevent dizziness or lightheadedness that can lead to falls.
Home Environment Safety:
- Hazard Identification: Performing a thorough, room-by-room review of the home to identify and mitigate fall risks .
- Clearing Clutter: Removing trip hazards like loose cords, throw rugs, or excessive clutter.
- Optimizing Lighting: Ensuring all hallways, stairwells, and main living areas are well-lit, particularly at night.
- Organizing Essentials: Ensuring frequently used items (like phones, remotes, and walkers) are within easy and safe reach.
Understanding activities of daily living (ADLs)
Our fall prevention strategy is deeply integrated with help for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). A senior's struggle with these basic tasks is often when falls occur. By providing reliable assistance with these actions, we remove the need for your loved one to struggle or take dangerous risks.
The core ADLs we assist with to prevent falls include:
- Bathing & Grooming: Assisting in slippery bathrooms, where many falls happen.
- Dressing: Providing support while balancing during the process of changing clothes.
- Toileting: Safely guiding transfer to and from the toilet.
- Transferring/Mobility: Offering a steady hand when moving throughout the home.
By proactively managing these daily needs, we build a foundation of safety and security, empowering your loved one to live more confidently at home.
