Falls Prevention Physiotherapy For Older Adults
Falls Prevention Physiotherapy For Older Adults: Reducing Falls Risk At Home And In Care Homes
Falls are one of the leading causes of injury, reduced independence, and hospital admission in older adults. While falls become more likely with age, they are NOT AN INEVITABLE PART OF AGEING. With the right physiotherapy support, education, and targeted intervention, many falls can be prevented.
At Salveo Forma Physiotherapy we specialist in falls prevention physiotherapy for older adults, delivering professional support through call home falls prevention workshops and comprehensive falls assessments and intervention at home. Our focus is supporting elderly individuals to remain safe, mobile and independent in their own home.
What Is Falls Prevention Physiotherapy?
Falls prevention physiotherapy aims to identify and reduce factors that increase someone’s likelihood of falling. These factors may be physical, medical, environmental, or behavioural and often overlap.
As we age, changes in strength, balance, coordination, vision, and reaction time can increase the risk of falling. Other contributing factors include long-term health conditions, medication side effects, and environmental hazards in the home.
Falls can have a lasting impact, often leading to:
Injuries such as fractures and soft tissue damage
Reduced confidence and fear of falling
Loss of independence
Reduced mobility and activity levels
Physiotherapy-led falls prevention supports:
Improved balance and strength
Safer movement and mobility
Increased confidence with daily activities
Reduced fear of falling
Greater independence at home
Early assessment and intervention are key to preventing avoidable falls and supporting long-term independence.
Falls Prevention In Care Homes
Evidence shows that older individuals living in care homes are three times more likely to fall than their peers living in the community. Older adults living in care homes may experience multiple risk factors for falls, including reduced mobility, reduced independence, multiple health conditions, and changes in routine or environment.
We are currently delivering falls prevention workshops in local care homes across Dorset, covering Wimborne, Ferndown, Ringwood, Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch.
Our falls prevention workshops are ran by experienced physiotherapists and are designed to:
Increase awareness of falls risk among residents and staff
Encourage safer movement and mobility
Improve confidence with everyday activities
Promote evidence-based long-term strategies for falls prevention
Providing structured, physiotherapist-led input in care homes, we help residents develop safer movement that supports daily function and reduces falls risk. This knowledge also empowers residents to take an active role in their own falls prevention.
Why Falls Risk Should Be Assessed At Home
While group-based intervention is valuable, having a one to one assessment helps us to identify personal risk factors and allows us to devise a tailored intervention plan.
A home falls assessment enables our expert physiotherapists to:
Identify personal risk factors for falling
Assess balance, strength, walking, and transfers
Improve safety during everyday tasks
Identify environmental hazards
Provide tailored physiotherapy intervention
This personalised approach ensures interventions are relevant, practical and effective.
How Home Physiotherapy Helps Prevent Falls
Home physiotherapy for falls prevention is tailored to the individual, not a generic programme. Our senior physiotherapists work one-to-one with older adults to support safer movement and confidence at home. Tailored to each elderly individual, our intervention is designed to provide a personalised and effective falls prevention programme to suit individual needs.
Home physiotherapy can help by:
Reducing falls risk through targeted intervention
Improving balance, strength, and coordination
Supporting safe walking and mobility
Advising on walking aids and equipment
Maximising independence and activity
By addressing both physical ability and the home environment, physiotherapy plays a vital role in long-term falls prevention.
Supporting Independence And Quality Of Life
Falls can have a lasting impact on confidence and independence. Many older adults reduce activity and walking after a fall due to loss of confidence and fear of falling again. This can further increase weakness and raise the risk of future falls.
Our goal at Salveo Forma Physiotherapy is not just to reduce falls, but to help older adults:
Feel safer in their own home
Move around with greater confidence
Remain active and independent
Maximise quality of life and well-being
Through our care home falls prevention services and home physiotherapy assessments, we provide trusted, professional support tailored to each individual.
Falls Prevention Physiotherapy With Salveo Forma Physiotherapy
If you or a loved one are concerned about falling, balance problems, or confidence with mobility, our specialist physiotherapists are here to help.
We provide:
Falls risk assessments at home
Falls prevention physiotherapy for older adults
Professional support delivered in familiar surroundings
Contact Salveo Forma Physiotherapy today to learn more about our home physiotherapy and falls prevention services 07384 590177, enquiries@salveo-forma.com.