The VA National Center for Patient Safety offers a balance assessment handbook as part of its Falls Toolkit.
The tool provides rehabilitation therapists with a sample gait and balance assessment to evaluate fall risk in older adults. The balance assessment is intended to be completed in one hour. The handbook includes an assessment template and a compendium of instructions for each test or element with the interpretation of the assessment findings.
Download the new toolkit chapter for use in your own facility.
Note: View our database providing 150 reports that link to free, downloadable and adaptable tools for use in surgery centers, hospitals and other organizations by clicking here.
The tool provides rehabilitation therapists with a sample gait and balance assessment to evaluate fall risk in older adults. The balance assessment is intended to be completed in one hour. The handbook includes an assessment template and a compendium of instructions for each test or element with the interpretation of the assessment findings.
Download the new toolkit chapter for use in your own facility.
Note: View our database providing 150 reports that link to free, downloadable and adaptable tools for use in surgery centers, hospitals and other organizations by clicking here.
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