Screening Tools

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) fall prevention initiative, Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries, or STEADI, provides healthcare providers resources for falls risk screening and intervention. The general resources can be found here. The CDC STEADI website has additional discipline specific screening recommendations.

Additionally, the Dartmouth Health Geriatric Center of Excellence developed, with CDC’s permission, a community base falls risk screening tool, based on the CDC professional screening tool. This tool is called Balance Days. Balance Days training is incorporated with our Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance® training supported by NH DHHS CDC grant funding. If you are interested in the community based, Balance Days training, contact Dawna Pidgeon at Dawna.M.Pidgeon@Hitchcock.org.

PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a train the trainer model. Below are the tools for conducting a Balance Day for those trained in conducting this model.

• Timed Up and Go Instruction Sheet
• 4-Stage Balance Test
• 30 Second Sit to Stand Instruction Sheet
• Home Safety Checklist

For those interested in learning more about the DCHA Balance Day model, or signing up for an upcoming Balance Day training, please reach out to Dawna Pidgeon at Dawna.M.Pidgeon@hitchcock.org