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Fall Risk: The 4-Point Checklist

Three questions, a 12-question checklist (4 points or more) and a 12-second TUG: a fall-risk check you can do at home.

By Hector Andres Acosta Pozo 1 min read

Fall Risk: The 4-Point Checklist

A fall-risk check you can do at home in three steps:

  • Ask three questions: a fall in the past year, feeling unsteady, worrying about falling. Yes to any one means you're at risk (CDC STEADI).
  • Score the 12-question checklist: 4 points or more means you may be at risk.
  • Time a Timed Up and Go: 12 s or more means you're at risk.
The 12-question fall-risk checklist with 2 points for a fall in the past year and for a cane or walker and 1 point for each other item; 4 points or more means you may be at risk
The CDC STEADI Stay Independent checklist, paraphrased (Rubenstein et al., 2011).

Read the full guide, including the home and winter checks: Fall risk at home: a self-check →

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