ABSTRACT

This chapter describes a project aimed at clarifying and unifying practices related to the prevention of falls in different contexts. Fall-related accidents are increasing especially among elderly people, and these accidents have both human and financial side effects (WHO, 2007; Stevens et al., 2006; Hartholt et al., 2012; Gill et al., 2013). Therefore, interventions were developed during this network project to prevent falls among the elderly living at home, in hospital or other contexts.