What to know
Falls are a threat to the health of older adults and can reduce their ability to remain independent. The following resources can help reduce your chance of falling or help a loved one prevent falls.
Resources for Older Adults & Caregivers
Empowering tips on how you can prevent common injuries as you age—such as falls.
Learn how a MyMobility Plan can help you or your loved ones stay safe, mobile, and independent.
These documents can help reduce your risk of injury due to medications.
Learn how specific medications might increase your falls risk and what to do to reduce that risk.
Select activities to make a customized fall prevention plan tailored to your needs.
Learn about traumatic brain injury and concussion.
Learn about risks for older adult drivers and key safety steps.
This page is a collection of patient and caregiver resources relating to older adult falls.
Explore elder abuse definitions, the latest data, and prevention strategies.
Resources for Communities
A collection of effective fall interventions designed to help address older adult falls.
Resources for Healthcare Providers
Learn about CDC's Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, & Injuries (STEADI) program.
Read how pharmacists can use STEADI Rx to mitigate the risk of falls in older adults.
Help older adult patients prevent falls by implementing STEADI's inpatient best practices.
Use STEADI's resources to implement and evaluate fall prevention programs in clinical settings.
Content Source
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
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Published: May 15, 2024
Updated: September 4, 2026
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