Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) new STEADI
Tool Kit gives health care providers information and tools to
assess and address their older patients' falls risk. The STEADI
(Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries) Tool Kit is
based on a simple algorithm adapted from the American and
British Geriatric Societies' Clinical Practice Guideline. It
includes basic information about falls, case studies,
conversation starters, and standardized gait and balance
assessment tests (with instructional videos). In addition, there
are educational handouts about falls prevention specifically
designed for patients and their friends and family. who are
experts in falls prevention assisted CDC with the development of
the toolkit, specifically with the evidence based community
falls prevention programs. Additionally, APTA staff appear in
several videos on tests that were recorded at APTA. to the
toolkit also is available on APTA's Balance and Falls webpage
under "Related