Fall incident form

Complete this resource with the person receiving care whenever possible. Use plain, observable descriptions—for example, the assistance needed to stand from a chair—rather than labels such as “difficult” or “high needs”.

Use this worksheet at the point of care or handover, then add the next action and the person who owns it. Store or share only the minimum information needed for that purpose.

Store the current version where authorised family members and the caregiver can reach it, date every revision, and clear out superseded instructions. Keep identity documents and unrelated medical records elsewhere — a planning sheet circulates too widely for them.

Bring the completed sheet into the WhatsApp enquiry: it lets the family state location, hours, daily-living support and clinical boundaries in one message instead of five, and makes gaps visible before the first shift instead of during it.

Before you fill it in

• How often the record needs updating
• The exact situation the tool is meant to capture
• Any current professional instruction to reflect
• Where the finished record will be kept
• Facts you can observe rather than assume