Abstract
Post-fall assessment is an essential component of any fall prevention intervention. Typically, clinical practice recommendations for fall assessment are left to the discretion of each practitioner and miss many of the associated symptoms, situational contexts and pertinent elements required to reveal likely underlying determinants of a fall event. In order to elicit a comprehensive evaluation of a recent fall, a 5-step organizational approach is presented which allows for the consistent gathering of key information needed to determine possible underlying fall etiology while also addressing the patient’s perception of their fall. Several cases will be used to illustrate this comprehensive approach to fall assessment.