Falls (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)

High level priorities

  1. A shift in focus towards the prevention of falls, as well as the recovery afterwards, must happen among providers of all services that come into contact with older adults and their families and / or carers.
  2. A campaign to educate people on the risks of falls and ways to reduce that risk must be available to the general public.
  3. Education on fall prevention needs to be available in formats accessible and familiar to older adults.
  4. General practitioners and other primary care providers, such as Integrated Community Teams, need to be supported with appropriate education, information, and innovative ways to educate their patients and their families on the prevention of falls.
  5. The Community Falls Service must continue to be supported and developed.
  6. Links between the local authority, third party providers and the Health Services must continue to be supported and developed further.
  7. Leisure centres are ideally positioned to provide appropriate exercise interventions to older adults. More of these types of classes need to be available on a regular basis.
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