STEADI Materials for Health Care Providers
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As a health care provider, you are already aware that falls are a serious threat to the health and wellbeing of your older patients. You play an important role in caring for older adults and you can help reduce these devastating injuries. The STEADI Tool Kit contains resources and tools that will help make fall prevention an integral part of your clinical practice.
STEADI materials can be used to assess, treat, and refer older adult patients based on their fall risk. Educational materials specifically designed for older adults and their friends and family are also included. See the complete list of materials included in the STEADI Tool kit.
- STEADI Basics
- Screening
- Medication Review
- Fact Sheets
- Functional Assessments
- Extra Clinical Tools
- Graphics
Algorithm for Fall Risk Assessment & Interventions
This tool walks health care providers through assessing a patient’s fall risk, educating patients, selecting interventions, and following up.
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Preventing Falls in Older Patients: Provider Pocket Guide
This small, easy-to-use tool walks health care providers through key points of fall prevention.
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Stay Independent Brochure
Offers a checklist providers and patients can use to check for risk of falling.
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Medications Linked to Falls
Learn how medication management can reduce falls.SAFE Medication Review Framework
Use this framework to conduct a medication review to help prevent older adult falls.
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Take Steps to Prevent Older Adult Falls
Take steps to prevent falls and help your patients stay healthy, active, and independent longer.
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Medications Linked to Falls
Risk Factors for Falls
Learn which modifiable risk factors you should focus on first to prevent falls among your patients.
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Falls Are a Major Threat for Your Patients
Learn how serious a problem falls are for older adults.
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30-Second Chair Stand Test
Use this test to assess a patient’s leg strength and endurance. See our simple instructions, and watch the short video on how to conduct the test.
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Watch How to Conduct the Test (2:08)
4-Stage Balance Test
Use this test to assess a patient’s balance. See our simple instructions, and watch the short video on how to conduct the test.
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Watch How to Conduct the Test (2:06)
Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test
Use this test to assess a patient’s mobility. See our simple instructions, and watch the short video on how to conduct the test.
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Watch How to Conduct the Test (1:28)
Measuring Orthostatic Blood Pressure
Use this tool to determine if a patient may have postural hypotension.
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Talking to Your Patients
Talking about Fall Prevention with Your Patients
This document can help health care providers comfortably talk about fall prevention with patients.
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Fall Risk Checklist
This checklist allows health care providers to summarize an older patient’s fall risk.
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Fall Prevention Patient Referral Form
Use this form to refer a patient to a specialist for gait and mobility problems or for other medical problems that may increase his or her risk of falling.
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Integrating Fall Prevention into Practice
This wall chart helps health care providers determine who in their practice will be responsible for conducting fall risk assessments, delivering interventions, and providing education to older patients.
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Recommended Programs Form
Use this form to recommend community programs to your older patients to increase their strength and balance. An example of such a program is Tai Chi.
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Case Studies
Case Study 1
Mrs. Booker, a low-risk patient who has come in for a wellness visit.
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Case Study 2
Mr. Ying, a medium-risk patient who has been limiting his activities.
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Case Study 3
Mrs. White, a high-risk patient who had a recent fall.
- Page last reviewed: November 23, 2016
- Page last updated: March 24, 2017
- Content source:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
- Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention