The prevalence of falls increases with age. One fall incident tends to result in repeated falls over time incurred by the same individual due to reasons such as weakened reflexes and muscles after the first fall. This can be a challenge for NKF who admits needy patients with multiple co-morbidities and have a 50% age profile of 65 and above. This results in issues ranging from a compromised quality of life to missed dialysis sessions.

Hence NKF, together with the National Council of Social Service and SG Rehab, have piloted a Community Falls Prevention Programme to build a volunteer-led home-intervention programme to identify fall risks in patients’ environment and reduce fall incidents by encouraging patients to play an active role in their fall prevention.

Getting the whole community involved! A role-play conducted during a training session organised for NKF’s long-time community partner, Boscombe Life Church.	Gearing up volunteers through a series of training sessions in preparation for the execution of their role.

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Boscombe Life Church (BLC) is a familiar name with many of our NKF patients and caregivers. An active community partner in the East Zone of Singapore, BLC has been an ardent contributor to our patients since 2010. Regardless of race, language and religion, they have been contributing their time and resources to help build better lives for our patients in many ways, including our Community Falls Prevention Programme to help patients reduce their risk of falling at home.