Fall Prevention & Elderly Rehabilitation

Understanding Falls & Deconditioning

Illness, hospital stays or reduced activity can lead to weakness, poor balance and reduced confidence, increasing the risk of falls.

How Physiotherapy Can Help

Physiotherapy focuses on strengthening, balance training and safe movement strategies to reduce falls risk and improve independence.

Support is provided in your own home across Dublin and surrounding areas, allowing therapy to focus on your daily routines and environment.

What Research and Guidelines Tell Us

Strength and balance training reduce falls risk
Research consistently shows that strength and balance programmes can significantly reduce falls risk in older adults.

Home-based rehabilitation improves safety and confidence
Studies indicate that rehabilitation delivered in the home environment can improve confidence and functional safety.

Guidelines support multifactorial falls prevention
The NICE guideline on falls in older people (updated 2023) recommends strength and balance training and personalised interventions to reduce falls risk.

What This Means for You

Rehabilitation can help you feel safer, more confident and better able to manage daily activities at home.

Further Support & Information