Gerontology

Injury prevention

Suicide prevention

Human factors and ergonomics

Computer security

Balance (ability)

Risk assessment

Falls in older adults

Computer science

Medical emergency

Occupational safety and health

Environmental health

Poison control

Fall prevention

Political science

Physical therapy

MEDLINE

Medicine

Falling (accident)

Pathology

New England Journal of Medicine

Patients should be asked annually about falls in the past year to identify those at high risk for future falls. The risk of falling can be reduced by exercise programs focused on balance and strength training and, among persons at high risk, by assessing a standard set of risk factors for falls and addressing modifiable ones.

Prevention of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults