STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries) Tool Kit for Health Care Providers
Did you realize that one out of three people 65 and older falls each year?
The good news is that health care providers can help reduce their patients’ chances of falling and of suffering serious injuries like hip fractures and traumatic brain damage.
CDC’s Injury Center created the STEADI Tool Kit for health care providers who see older adults in their practice who are at risk of falling or who may have fallen in the past. The STEADI Tool Kit gives health care providers the information and tools they need to assess and address their older patients’ fall risk.
Order Tool Kits
To order print copies of the STEADI Tool Kit materials, please go to the CDC-INFO on Demand Publications page and search for STEADI.
Download STEADI Tool Kit Materials
Make Fall Prevention Part of Your Practice
Triage Your Patients Based on Fall Risk
This tool walks health care providers through assessing a patient’s fall risk, educating patients, selecting interventions, and following up.
Have Your Patients Check Their Risk of Falling
Mantenga su independencia
This brochure offers a checklist that patients can use to check their risk of falling.(Available in both English and Spanish.)
Prevent Falls in Older Patients, Provider Pocket Guide
This small, easy-to-use tool walks health care providers through key points of fall prevention.
See Your Patient's Risk at a Glance
This checklist allows health care providers to summarize an older patient's fall risk.
Integrate Fall Prevention into Your Practice
This wall chart helps health care providers determine who in their practice will be responsible for conducting fall risk assessments, delivering interventions, and providing education to older patients.
Talk about Fall Prevention with Your Patients
This document can help health care providers comfortably talk about fall prevention with patients.
Get Background Information about Falls
Falls Are a Major Threat for Your Patients
Learn how serious a problem falls are for older adults.
Risk Factors for Falls
Learn which modifiable risk factors you should focus on first to prevent falls among your patients.
Medications Linked to Falls
Learn how medication management can reduce falls.
Read Case Studies Featuring Patients at Risk of Falling
Case Study 1
Mrs. Booker, a low-risk patient who has come in for a wellness visit.
Case Study 2
Mr. Ying, a medium-risk patient who has been limiting his activities.
Case Study 3
Mrs. White, a high-risk patient who had a recent fall.
Use Validated Tests to Assess Your Patients’ Falls Risk Factors
The Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test
Use this test to assess a patient's mobility. See our simple instructions, and watch the short video on how to conduct the test.
Instructional Video
The 30-Second Chair Stand Test
Use this test to assess a patient's leg strength and endurance. See our simple instructions, and watch the short video on how to conduct the test.
Instructional Video
The 4-Stage Balance Test
Use this test to assess a patient's balance. See our simple instructions, and watch the short video on how to conduct the test.
Instructional Video
Measuring Orthostatic Blood Pressure
Use this tool to determine if a patient may have postural hypotension.
Offer Your Patients a Medical Referral
Patient Referral Form
Use this form to refer a patient to a specialist for gait and mobility problems or for other medical problems that may increase his or her risk of falling.
Offer Your Patients Encouragement, Resources & Referrals
Stay Independent
Mantenga su independencia
Give this brochure to patients to help them to check their risk of falling.(Available in both English and Spanish.)
Chair Rise Exercise
Ejercicios de elevación con una silla
Recommend this simple exercise to your older patients to help improve their thigh and buttock strength and to reduce their fall risk. (Available in both English and Spanish.)
Recommended Programs Form
Use this form to recommend community programs to your older patients to increase their strength and balance. An example of such a program is Tai Chi.
Postural Hypotension, What It Is and How to Manage It
Hipotensión postural, Qué es y cómo controlarla
Use this brochure to teach patients how to manage their postural hypotension.(Available in both English and Spanish.)
What YOU Can Do to Prevent FallsUse this brochure to help patients learn how to reduce their chances of falling.
Check for Safety: A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older AdultsEncourage patients to use this checklist to help identify and eliminate fall hazards in their home.
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