Housing and Falls Prevention in 2024

During Falls Prevention Week last month (23-27 September), the Centre for Ageing Better published two insightful blogs. The first discussed analysis from the Building Research Establishment, which found that reducing home accidents could save the NHS £330 million annually. The second, by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, highlighted their falls prevention initiative in collaboration with Trent & Dove Housing Association.

We’ve provided links to these resources below, alongside a collection of other valuable tools that connect housing and falls prevention. These include the Housing, Health & Safety Rating System, various toolkits, guides and best practice examples.

• https://ageing-better.org.uk/news/removing-serious-fall-hazards-older-peoples-homes-would-save-nhs
• https://ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/fighting-back-against-falls-home
• https://www.rospa.com/policy/home-safety/advice-and-information/falls-prevention-hub/professional-falls-advice/falls-and-their-impact-on-social-housing
• https://www.housing.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/how-can-housing-associations-help-residents-avoid-falls-at-home/
• https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/Trent-and-Dove-Housing-Helping-tenants-avoid-falls-at-home/
• https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/Patient-Home-Environment-Checklist-Make-your-home-falls-free/
• https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-health-and-safety-rating-system-hhsrs-guidance
• https://ageing-better.org.uk/Safe-Homes-Now

We are also proud to be a signatory of Ageing Better's Safe Homes Now campaign.