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If you can answer 'yes' to any of the following questions then the person you know or care for is at risk.

• Are they suffering from a stroke, Parkinson's disease, dementia, osteoporosis, coronary heart disease or arthritis?
• Did they fall, or trip often, in the last year?
• Do they stop walking when you or they talk?
• Do they tend to get light-headed or dizzy when they are standing or turning?
• Are they having difficulty walking or rising from a low chair?
• Do they have a poor balance (need a stick or walker or tend to hold onto objects as they walk) or show lack of control when moving from one type of floor surface to another?

• Do they take more than four medications daily?
• Do they have trouble sleeping or suffer from depression?
• Do they tend to turn their heating off as a means of saving money?
• Is their home or environment cluttered or badly lit