Fall Prevention
Last updated on September 11, 2025Many older adults living in B.C. will remain robust and active as they age. However, aging can bring challenges, including increased risk of experiencing falls and fall-related injuries. Frailty increases the risk of falls and fall-related injuries and contributes to preventable emergency visits, hospitalizations, and admissions to long-term care. Although the rates of frailty and falls increase with age, these conditions are not caused by aging. Frailty and falls are preventable.
To learn more about how to screen and assess your risk of falling, please visit Preventing Falls as You Age | HealthLinkBC.
Actions
The Province is taking action to prevent falls and fall-related injuries.
In 2024, the Ministry of Health released Age Forward: BC’s 50+ Health Strategy and 3-year Action Plan, a targeted and proactive approach to aging, focusing on enhancing health, autonomy, and dignity for older adults in B.C. The strategy provides the Ministry’s approach and commitment to preventing, managing, and reducing frailty, and decreasing the incidence and severity of falls and fall-related injuries.
British Columbia’s Injury Prevention Strategic Policy Framework was released in 2021 and highlights the Province’s leadership in injury prevention across a broad spectrum of injuries. Prevention of falls and fall-related injuries among community-dwelling older adults is a key provincial priority.
BC Fall Prevention at Home Resources
Many falls occur in the home setting. To support this, the Province has designed the Fall Prevention at Home resource suite to provide information on fall prevention, risk assessment and strength and balance resources including videos. Use the links below to access the individual resources:
These resources are also available in Chinese, Farsi, French, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, Vietnamese here: Preventing Falls as You Age | HealthLinkBC
Fall Prevention Resources
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Preventing Falls as You Age | HealthLinkBC. - B.C.-specific health advice, information and resources for families, caregivers and health professionals.
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Finding Balance B.C. - This website has information for seniors and health professionals, including videos, and information on Seniors’ Fall Prevention Awareness Week.
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Fall Prevention: Risk Assessment and Management for Community-Dwelling Older Adults - BC Guideline for primary care practitioners on the identification and management of risk factors for falls in adults 65 years and older. ​
Surveillance report on falls among older adults in Canada
This report provides updates to the national-level data in the Seniors’ Falls in Canada Second Report on the nature, severity, and burden of falls among people aged 65 or older, and describes changes over time.