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Physiotherapy for Falls Prevention

A proactive approach to falls prevention requires knowledge of potential risk factors. Most aged care residents will present with various risk factors that can create an interplay exponentially increasing their falls risk. We can divide risk factors into intrinsic (personal) and extrinsic (environmental). Whilst we can provide interventions, equipment and education to control some personal risk factors, many of these are unable to be managed or reversed. However, all environmental factors can and should be managed effectively.