There are ways you can reduce your risk of having a fall, including making simple changes to your home and doing regular exercises to improve your strength and balance.
Important: If you have had a fall in the past 12 months, please contact your GP to discuss this. You can also speak to Age UK's Falls Prevention Service, which assists people over 65 years old who are at risk of falling in their home.
Hillingdon offers a free programme to support residents in staying strong and reducing their risk of falls, this includes:
Falls prevention workshop
Throughout the year we will be holding a series of fall prevention workshops.
The sessions are free and aim to:
- help reduce the risk of falling through identifying the risks that could affect you.
- share actions that you can take to reduce these risks.
Book your place at a falls prevention workshop
Self assessment tool: reducing trips, slips and falls
We have introduced a new assessment tool to help residents better understand their risk of falling and take action to help prevent falls.
Use our Falls prevention self risk assessment to:
- identify the risks that could affect you (Section 1: What is my risk?) and
- find ways to reduce your risk of falling by making small practical changes (Section 2: My action plan).