Home Safety & Falls Prevention
Had a fall?
Concerned that you may fall?
We can help! Melbourne Occupational Therapy Services uses what-ever-it-takes to maximise safety. A combination of factors can cause falls. These can be more complex than you may think.
Go to our ‘Contact & Referral’ page, email us your details and we will contact you.
You may need more than just a grabrail! – Falls can often be a combination of a medical condition, in-activity resulting in loss of balance and muscle-tone, poor footwear, inappropriate walking aid, poor light, tripping over the rug or trouble with stairs.
What we do
1/ We assess you. We look at your abilities and any medical, age-related or functional issues you may have. Often falls are the result of more than one factor that need more than one remedy.
2/ We assess your environment. This means we look at your home and what maybe contributing to falls (or a potential fall).
3/ We then assess you in the environment together and come up with a plan.
Recommendations may include
- Home modifications
- Rails
- Doctor review
- Exercise
- Footwear
- More lighting
- Equipment
- Mobility aid or walker and much much more
We can help! Go to our ‘Contact & Referral’ page, email us your details and we will contact you.
