After 10 years, we’re retiring our Occupational therapy in the prevention and management of falls in adults guideline on Friday 31 January 2025.
So much hard work and passion goes into the creation and maintenance of our guidelines but, after 10 years, we expect that practice, context and policy will have moved on.
We’d like to thank the Guideline Development Group and Guideline Review Group for their incredible work in developing and reviewing the guideline. We’d also like to thank the Specialist Section: Older People, for their support in maintaining the guideline over the years.
Can I still read it?
While the guideline is no longer a current basis for practice, you can still request a copy from our Digital Library as a resource, as you can for all our retired guidelines.
Please email hello@rcot.co.uk and make your request.
What other guidelines have been retired?
The following guidelines have now been retired:
- Occupational therapy in the prevention and management of falls in adults (retired 2025)
- Occupational therapy for adults undergoing total hip replacement (retired 2022)
- Occupational therapists’ use of occupation-focused practice in secure hospitals (retired 2022)
- Splinting for the prevention and correction of contractures in adults with neurological dysfunction (retired 2020).
Where can I find your current guidelines?
All our current evidence-informed guidelines can be found on our Practice Guideline webpage.
You can now tell us what you think about any of our active guidelines by using our feedback form.