National Falls Awareness week
16 September – 20 September 2024
As chair of the Falls Taskforce in Wales, Age Cymru is working in partnership with Age Connects Wales, and Care & Repair Cymru to lead a public awareness campaign all about falls.
New leaflet to help older people reduce their risks of falling over
We know that falling over is not an inevitable part of growing older so for this year’s National Falls Awareness week, the Taskforce has launched a new leaflet for older people. This leaflet helps people to recognise what might increase their risk of falling over and empower them with information to take action.
If you are service or organisation working with older people, please feel free to use the leaflet to share with people you support.
Order your free copy of our leaflet to help reduce falling over
We can fall over at any age but as we get older, we’re more likely to get hurt. Our leaflet helps you to see what you can do today to reduce your risk.
Falls prevention and intervention work saving Welsh health and social care services millions of pounds each year
This year Age Cymru, Care and Repair Cymru and Age Connects are also working alongside another Taskforce member St John’s Ambulance to highlight the impact that falls prevention and intervention work has on Welsh health and social care, and that with the right support thousands of older people can avoid the need for care services due to a fall.
If you want to know more contact policy@agecymru.org.uk
