Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Background Many healthcare professionals working together to ensure that older adult do not fall often has been successful. A social worker's role is important in this team. We checked the literature and found no research that has reported the role of a social worker in a team of healthcare professionals that lowers the number of falls among older adults. We decided to present the experiences we achieved when a social worker is an active member of those that lowers the number of falls among older adults Method Social workers plan and coordinate care in a healthcare team. In trying to make sure that older people fall less or do not fall at all, we decided to look at how the older person's culture, belief and religion can help us carry out our role very well. What our practice revealed We considered the culture, beliefs and values that older adults place on their relationship with their families and community members. Each older adult beliefs and values are different, for this reason, we teach older adults and their family members on what makes them to fall and how to make sure their homes are free of what will make them fall again. We also looked for the communities of these older adults, we choose and coach members of these communities on how to act during falls in their community. Thus train them to be the first person the community calls when someone falls in the community. Conclusion We believe that social workers' role in the team of health workers that reduces the number of falls among older adult is important. We also believe that considering the religion, belief, family and community relations of the older adults is a good way of reducing the number of falls among older adults.