Topic

Falls

Falls prevention in hospitalised older adults with cognitive impairment
Nursing Standard

Falls prevention in hospitalised older adults with cognitive impairment: strategies and ethical implications

Clinical
08 Apr 2026
How to assess patients in the six key domains of a comprehensive geriatric assessment
Nursing Older People

How to assess patients in the six key domains of a comprehensive geriatric assessment

How to
11 Mar 2026
Coroner's Court sign
Nursing Standard

Patient death: fall injury ‘compounded by neglect’ from staff

News
05 Mar 2026
Nursing Standard

Former nurse jailed over attempted cover-up after care home death

News
09 February 2026
Nursing Standard

Unsafe nurse staffing: trust told to act after woman’s death

News
05 February 2026
Nursing Standard

Two falls deaths in two days: ‘not enough nurses’ says coroner

News
12 January 2026
Nursing Standard

Frailty care: hospital and care home nurses ‘job swap’ 

News
19 December 2025
Nursing Older People

How can nurses promote bone health to avoid fragility fractures?

Practice question
17 December 2025
Nursing Standard

Patient death: nurses did not understand bed rail assessment rules

News
19 August 2025
Emergency Nurse

Recognising and managing frailty

CPD articles
02 July 2025
Nursing Older People

Exploring the concept of a ‘long lie’ after a fall to inform clinical pathways in pre-hospital services: a systematic literature review

Clinical
29 May 2025
Nursing Standard

Preventable death: man who died after fall was left unsupervised

News
19 March 2025
Nursing Standard

Caffeine quitting trial improves nurses’ sleep and stress levels

News
07 March 2025
Nursing Older People

Improving meaningful activity and meaningful engagement for residents in long-term care settings

Clinical
18 December 2024
Nursing Older People

Exploring the feasibility of using a bedside device to help prevent nighttime falls

Clinical
23 October 2024
Nursing Older People

How nurses can spot the signs of early-stage dementia 

Practice question
28 August 2024
Primary Health Care

Identification, assessment and management of osteoporosis in primary care

Clinical
21 August 2024
Nursing Older People

Strategies used by nurse leaders to support the delivery of falls prevention practices in hospitals

Clinical
21 August 2024
Nursing Standard

Timing of nurses’ breaks can help prevent inpatient falls

Comment
23 July 2024
Nursing Older People

Promoting musculoskeletal health and preventing ill health

Clinical
03 July 2024
Nursing Standard

Change to nurse break times leads to zero patient falls

News
19 June 2024
Nursing Standard

Falls prevention: how can nurses provide evidence-based care?

Analysis
14 June 2024
Nursing Standard

Patient choice or avoiding harm: how do nurses find the balance?

Your views
17 May 2024
Nursing Standard

Nurse-led work to cut caffeine helps reduce care home falls

News
25 April 2024
Nursing Older People

Exercise is a great falls prevention strategy in older people’s care

Comment
06 March 2024
Nursing Older People

Exercise as a falls prevention strategy in the care of older people

CPD articles
10 January 2024
Emergency Nurse

Nurses working with outside partners: how to improve services

Comment
02 November 2023
Nursing Standard

Hospital nurses urged to keep older patients moving to reduce risks

News
10 August 2023
Emergency Nurse

Frailty assessment of older patients in the emergency department

Clinical
18 July 2023
Nursing Older People

Frailty: how early interventions at home can benefit older people

Features
18 May 2023
Nursing Standard

Nurse to pay £55k over nursing home resident deaths

News
06 April 2023
Nursing Older People

Antipsychotic medication in dementia: practical advice for nurses

Comment
08 March 2023
Nursing Older People

Identifying the relationship between delirium and falls

Clinical
22 February 2023
Nursing Standard

Nurse pleads guilty following deaths of two nursing home residents

News
16 February 2023
Nursing Standard

Patient died after falling out of bed due to lack of nursing staff

News
15 February 2023
Nursing Older People

Recognising, reducing and preventing deconditioning in hospitalised older people

CPD articles
08 February 2023
Nursing Older People

Preventing falls in older people on mental health inpatient wards: a quality improvement project

Clinical
14 December 2022
Emergency Nurse

Recognition and management of patients with frailty in the emergency department

CPD articles
06 December 2022
Nursing Older People

Advising older people on physical activity: challenges and strategies

Clinical
23 November 2022
Nursing Older People

Why is blood pressure important in a falls risk assessment?

Practice question
09 November 2022
Nursing Standard

Falls in older people with impaired vision: advice for nurses

Expert advice
11 October 2022
Emergency Nurse

Falls prevention: assessing patient risk in emergency departments

Analysis
14 September 2022
Nursing Older People

Frailty: an overview of concepts, risk factors, assessment tools and interventions

CPD articles
06 July 2022
Nursing Standard

When an older person falls: why nursing practice needs to change

Comment
28 June 2022
Nursing Standard

Give a ‘cwtch’ after a fall – a checklist to help older patients

News
27 April 2022
Nursing Older People

How to reduce falls in older people in care homes

Features
20 April 2022
Nursing Standard

Patient mobilisation: why falls risk should not be a barrier

Analysis
14 March 2022
Nursing Older People

Role of medicines management in preventing falls in older people

Clinical
26 January 2022
Nursing Older People

Improving medicine concordance in a patient with Parkinson’s and dementia: a case study

Clinical
21 April 2021
Nursing Standard

How to prevent inpatient falls: start by refusing to accept they’re inevitable

Features
12 April 2021
Nursing Older People

How do I encourage older people to become physically active?

Practice question
26 August 2020
Nursing Older People

A day in the life of an advanced clinical practitioner in older people’s care

Clinical
29 July 2020
Nursing Older People

Type 2 diabetes in older people: pathophysiology, identification and management

CPD articles
10 June 2020
Nursing Standard

How a new nursing role is tackling hospital-associated harm

News
13 February 2020
Nursing Older People

Osteoporosis and fragility fractures: risk assessment, management and prevention

CPD articles
19 December 2019
Nursing Standard

Help older patients by tackling overprescribing

Features
09 October 2019
Nursing Older People

Care home nurses’ role in identifying frailty in older people

Journal scan
03 September 2019
Nursing Standard

Nurses trial device that alerts them to potential falls on ward

News
09 August 2019
Nursing Older People

Care home initiative reduces falls without curbing residents’ activities

Features
03 July 2019
Nursing Older People

Prevention is vital in reducing harm from falls

Policy briefing
25 June 2019
Nursing Standard

Is technology the next step in falls prevention?

Features
25 June 2019
Nursing Older People

Exercise can reduce falls by one quarter

Journal scan
12 April 2019
Nursing Older People

Opioid use could increase risk of hip fracture in people with Alzheimer’s disease

Journal scan
15 January 2019
Nursing Older People

Simulation-based training to teach nurses skills in falls assessment and prevention

Clinical
10 January 2019
Nursing Older People

Updated National Osteoporosis Society guideline on vitamin D

Clinical update
03 January 2019
Primary Health Care

A qualitative study of primary healthcare professionals’ views of falls prevention

Clinical
09 October 2018
Nursing Standard

Volunteers help reduce calls to 999 made by frail older people due to falls

News
12 September 2018
Nursing Older People

Prevention of contractures in older people living in long-term care settings

Clinical
30 May 2018
Nursing Older People

Assessment and management of older patients with delirium in acute settings

CPD articles
02 May 2018
Nursing Older People

Long-term proton pump inhibitor use does not increase hip fracture risk among people with Alzheimer's

Journal scan
16 April 2018
Nursing Older People

Nutritional strategies to reduce falls risk in older people

Clinical
23 March 2018
Nursing Older People

Nutritional strategies to reduce falls risk in older people

Clinical
09 March 2018
Nursing Standard

Zoë Packman: A team approach to reducing inpatient falls

Comment
05 March 2018
Nursing Older People

Older people walk more slowly because of muscle-related changes

Journal scan
08 February 2018
Nursing Standard

Trust's safety plan proving successful, figures reveal

News
10 January 2018
Nursing Standard

Hospitals need to do more to prevent falls, audit finds

News
22 November 2017
Primary Health Care

District nurses join forces with firefighters to prevent falls

Features
03 November 2017
Nursing Older People

Measurement of lying and standing blood pressure in hospital

Clinical
29 September 2017
Learning Disability Practice

Bone health and people with a learning disability who are prescribed epilepsy medication

Clinical
26 September 2017
Nursing Standard

Nurses and firefighters team up to help older people at risk of falling

News
26 July 2017
Nursing Standard

Falls risk assessment

Reflective accounts
24 July 2017
Nursing Older People

Preserving vision and promoting visual health in older people

Clinical
30 June 2017
Nursing Older People

Preserving vision and promoting visual health in older people

Clinical
22 June 2017
Nursing Standard

Homes needed for new falls study

News
09 May 2017
Nursing Older People

Eyeball exercise can improve balance ability in older people

Journal scan
05 April 2017
Nursing Standard

Nurses should routinely ask older people about falls – NICE

News
31 January 2017
Nursing Standard

Tool to assess patient eyesight created to prevent hospital falls

News
23 January 2017
Nursing Standard

Psychotropic drug use increases risk of falls in nursing home residents

Journal scan
29 December 2016
Nursing Standard

Identifying residents at risk of care complications in care homes

CPD articles
07 September 2016
Nursing Standard

Falls risk assessment in older patients in hospital

CPD articles
27 July 2016
Nursing Older People

Applying comprehensive geriatric assessment to investigate falls

Clinical
31 March 2016
RCNi

Open visiting at Heart of England trust leads to reduction in patient falls

News
20 February 2016
RCNi

Safety alert issued on the use of hoists

News
02 November 2015