
What to Do If Your Loved One Had a Fall
Overview
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for caregivers when their loved one falls, emphasizing staying calm, assessing for injuries like bleeding or pain, calling 995 for serious situations where the person cannot move or is in severe pain, and only assisting if no serious injury is present. It includes post-fall monitoring advice for 24-48 hours, listing warning signs requiring medical attention such as severe headache, confusion, persistent vomiting, increasing pain, weakness, or bleeding, while noting that falls affect one in three seniors annually.
This article was published by Tan Tock Seng Hospital and updated in 2026.

