• To recognise the importance of exercise in older people in preventing falls
• To enhance your confidence in promoting exercise programmes suitable for older people
• To contribute towards revalidation as part of your 35 hours of CPD (UK readers)
• To contribute towards your professional development and local registration renewal requirements (non-UK readers)
Older people who sustain a fall may experience a range of adverse outcomes, such as distress, injury and loss of independence. Falls increase the risk of frailty and frailty increases the risk of falls. Regular exercise is a pillar of falls prevention and can have extensive benefits for older people’s health, well-being and ability to undertake activities they enjoy. As part of the multidisciplinary team, nurses have a pivotal role in implementing exercise-based falls prevention strategies for older people and in encouraging their patients to exercise. This article discusses exercise as a falls prevention strategy in hospital and in the community and supports nurses to develop their knowledge and confidence in promoting exercise in older people.
Nursing Older People. doi: 10.7748/nop.2024.e1452
Peer reviewThis article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software
Correspondence Conflict of interestNone declared
Zinyemba V (2024) Exercise as a falls prevention strategy in the care of older people. Nursing Older People. doi: 10.7748/nop.2024.e1452
Published online: 10 January 2024
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