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Falls prevention in community-dwelling older adults and implementation of world falls guidelines: a call for action across Europe by the European Geriatric Medicine Society Special Interest Group on Falls and Fractures

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© The Author(s) 2025.Aim: To formulate strategic recommendations for enhancing the implementation of the World Falls Guidelines among community-dwelling older adults and improve falls prevention efforts across Europe. Findings: Effective fall prevention policies require a comprehensive multifaceted approach, which includes the integration of falls prevention strategies into broader healthcare policies, public health messaging and the development of a comprehensive curriculum in healthcare education. Design and delivery of services should include community participation involving older adults with lived falls experience and the application of implementation science. Establishing a standardized, locally adaptable European toolkit for falls prevention plans along with tailored implementation tactics, could effectively address barriers to the successful implementation. Message: A collaborative commitment of relevant stakeholders to European initiatives—such as developing a standardized falls prevention strategy, promoting evidence-based implementation plans, establishing a European-wide research agenda, and creating an under- and postgraduate curriculum—is essential for advancing falls prevention efforts across Europe.

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Author(s): van der Velde N, Seppala LJ, Herrero AC, Annweiler C, Jonsdottir AB, Blain H, Dionyssiotis Y, Duque S, Frith J, Francis BN, Grodzicki T, Hay A, Hernandez-Sanchez LA, Jaatinen R, Kadane CJ, Kolsek M, Kostka T, McGarrigle L, Perkisas S, Pertinatsch C, Pettersson B, Reginster J-Y, Ruggiero C, Sahota O, Sibille F-X, Sokhal BS, Skelton DA, Spildooren J, Stanmore E, Vankova H, Vlaeyen E, Ozturk Y, Yilmaz O, Todd C, Trevisan C, Willems H, Montero-Odasso M, Martin FC, Ryg J, Masud T

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: European Geriatric Medicine

Year: 2025

Volume: 16

Pages: 1249-1268

Print publication date: 01/08/2025

Online publication date: 12/06/2025

Acceptance date: 02/04/2025

Date deposited: 13/08/2025

ISSN (print): 1878-7649

ISSN (electronic): 1878-7657

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-025-01206-y

DOI: 10.1007/s41999-025-01206-y

PubMed id: 40506658

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