Falls Awareness Week

Keep moving this falls awareness week!

The issue of patient deconditioning has never been more important. Accident and emergency (A&E) teams, for example, have reported increases in unplanned admissions of patients with more complex needs, including deconditioning.

Impacts of patient deconditioning

When you look at reports like ‘Wider impacts of COVID-19 on physical activity, deconditioning and falls in older adults’, it is almost impossible to overlook the correlation between reduced physical activity and the range of challenges A&Es face daily. According to included findings, an increase in activity levels of just 10%, compared to 2020, could potentially save more than 4,500 older adults from having a fall.¹

Not only would this increased activity save as much as £16 million in health and social care-related costs, but more than 4,500 patients and their families could potentially avoid suffering the long-lasting trauma of a fall.

Action against falls

We can use ‘Falls Awareness Week 2022’ to encourage older adults to start doing some of those activities they loved doing before COVID-19—whether that is doing a bit of walking, dancing, swimming or even a Parkrun event.

The idea is to focus on what is easiest and that should make it more likely for those activities to become a habit.

#KeepMoving and #ThinkFalls

Register now for Falls Awareness 2022!

You will receive your Falls Awareness Week 2022 digital campaign kit and invitations to 4 webinars by amazing speakers that will take place over the course of the week.