Falls Prevention Team Leaflet - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Falls Prevention Team Leaflet - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Falls Prevention Team Leaflet - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
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plan an exercise programme to improve your muscle<br />
strength, mobility and balance<br />
look for hazards in your home and advise how to<br />
make it safer for you<br />
offer advice on how to cope should you fall again<br />
make sure you have the equipment and/or services<br />
that you and your carers need<br />
offer regular support to practise activities which you<br />
may have stopped doing following a fall, such as<br />
cooking, dressing, shopping and gardening<br />
offer shoe and walking assessment.<br />
We will usually work with you for approximately eight<br />
weeks. This will be discussed with you at your visits. At<br />
the end of the eight weeks you will be sent a report<br />
detailing your progress.<br />
A copy is also sent to your GP and the person who asked<br />
us to visit you.<br />
After six months, we will carry out a telephone review to<br />
discuss your progress.<br />
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