Eurosafe WP 4: Falls among elderly
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WP 4: Falls among elderly  print friendly

Work package 4 covers the development and assessment of strategic materials for implementation of recommendations for preventing falls among elderly people in the EU.

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Module 1

This module concerns the classification of best practices in terms of resources needed and target population:

  • Estimates of prevalence of risk factor exposure for falls in the elderly in different European countries.
  • Collection of information on availability of resources requested for implementation, legislative aspects and already implemented interventions in various European countries.


Module 2

This module concerns the collection of original data on awareness on risks of falling and barriers to implementation of interventions.

Module 3

Development of strategic resource materials to implement interventions to prevent falls among the elderly.

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  • Report summarizing the research on the feasibility study addressing implementation of large scale interventions for preventing falls in the elderly. -
  • Materials on strategic resources for dissemination of the prevention of falls among the elderly.
  • Report on the assessment of the feasibility of large scale interventions in selected EU countries.
  • Final report of WP4

PROJECT RESULTS: All available WP4 project results can be accessed here  


WP4 Leader:

Eva Negri