Collection at a glance:
External links
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World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A Global Initiative
These guidelines were published in September 2022 in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society. These guidelines were developed by the World Falls Task Force, which assembled 96 multidisciplinary experts from 39 countries across five continents, with representation from 36 scientific and academic societies.
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Fracture Prevention Toolkit (in Long-Term Care)
The Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy for Long-Term Care is a province-wide program of outreach activities aimed at increasing awareness about fracture prevention, specifically in long-term care, with a focus on the importance of appropriate vitamin D and calcium intake, and on fall prevention. The toolkit contains valuable, practical information useful for healthcare professionals, caregivers and older adults living in long-term care homes and the community.
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Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults ages 65 years and older: An Integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep
This guideline offers clear direction on what a healthy 24 hours looks like for Canadian adults aged 65 years and older.
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Exercise for Preventing Falls for Older People Living in the Community
This review assesses the effects (benefits and harms) of exercise interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community.
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Hip fracture: Care for people with fragility fractures
This resource provides a guide for patients; a guide for clinicians; an information brief demonstrating why the quality standard is needed; quality improvement tools and resources; and performance indicators to help clinicians and organizations track their progress against the standard.
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Age-friendly communities – Public Health Agency of Canada
This website from the Public Health Agency of Canada describes the Age-Friendly Communities initiative, explains what makes a community age-friendly and provides information about Canadian communities that are striving to support the health and well-being of older people.
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Centre of Excellence on Mobility, Fall Prevention and Injury in Aging – Centre for Hip Health Research & Mobility, BC
CEMFIA represents a unique collaborative of researchers, health care providers and policy makers with a shared goal of improving the health and safety of older British Columbians. Our mandate is to enhance mobility and reduce the risk for falls and fall-related injuries among older British Columbians, in partnership with the BC Fall and Injury Prevention Coalition, the CHHM, the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, University partners, and other fall prevention stakeholders in British Columbia.
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Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging – University of Western Ontario
The CCAA is a unique, national research and education centre within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western. It promotes physical activity and well-being for older adults through a combination of basic and applied research, education, and community-based exercise programs. Its education and leadership training programs instruct thousands of individuals across Canada in standard, evidence-based practices to enhance the functional fitness of older adults at every level of mobility.
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Dementia and falls – Canadian Institute for Health Information (2018)
This webpage from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) provides a spotlight on data relating to falls among older adults with dementia.
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Slips, trips and falls: Our newest data reveals causes of injury hospitalizations and ER visits in Canada – Canadian Institute for Health Information (2019)
This resource, created by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, provides valuable insights into slips, trips, and falls as causes of injury hospitalizations and emergency room visits in Canada.
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Fall and injury prevention – Mc
Master Optimal Aging Portal Consult evidence-based blog posts, web resource ratings and evidence summaries for trustworthy information about health and social aspects of aging.
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Falls Prevention Clinic – Vancouver Coastal Health
Enhancing mobility while preventing falls and fractures through evidence-based practice and research.
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Home Care Safety Virtual Improvement Collaborative
A cutting-edge approach to falls management in the home setting, launched by the The Canadian Home Care Association, together with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement. Through shared learning, teams from a different jurisdictions and provider types work with each other and recognized safety experts to rapidly test and implement changes that lead to sustained improvement.
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Falls Prevention Program – Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
The Falls Prevention Program helps patients prevent falls. At your first visit, you will be seen by a nurse, physiotherapist and doctor to identify why you have been falling. They work with you on your physical abilities, provide you with recommendations for lifestyle changes and discuss with you whether you need to modify your home to make sure you’re safe. In making assessments, they check your balance, mobility, muscle strength and if you have a fear of falling.
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Seniors Maintaining Active Roles Together (SMART)
Community-based, volunteer-led exercise programs for seniors that accommodate all levels of ability.
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Together In Movement and Exercise (TIME™)
Health care and community organizations working together to make exercise more accessible, do-able and fun! The group exercise program is designed by physiotherapists at Toronto Rehab, and led by fitness instructors in community centres across the country, presently in dozens of locations and growing.
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Loop, Fall Prevention Community of Practice
Loop is the online communication platform that brings together frontline workers, practitioners, caregivers, researchers and policy planners working for the health and independence of the public through fall prevention. Loop is a place to problem-solve together and discuss how to implement evidence-informed and promising practices.
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Stay on Your Feet – Timiskaming Health Unit
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Stay on Your Feet – North East Local Health Integration Network
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Stay on Your Feet – North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
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Finding Balance Alberta
Finding Balance is a falls prevention program that provides seniors and practitioners with the latest information and resources to help seniors live an active and independent lifestyle. The program uses real life strategies that older adults can use to lower their risk of a fall.
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Stay On Your Feet – Australia
Stay On Your Feet® is Western Australia’s falls prevention program for older adults living in the community. Stay On Your Feet® aims to reduce falls and fall-related injuries among older adults living in the community and encourages older adults to feel confident in independent living.
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Fall Prevention Month
With a vision that all Canadians play a role in preventing falls, Fall Prevention Month’s mission is to equip health and service providers, business, government and academics with the tools to raise awareness and engage their communities in preventing falls and fall-related injuries.