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Table III.

Respondent’s comments on current falls prevention practices (N = 14)

Code	Frequency (n)	Valid (%)	Example quotes
Theme 1: Current Practice (N = 6)
Current occupational therapy practice	6	100	“Advice, changes of practices and aids are put in place to reduce the risk of falls but again the reassessment tools are not administered therefore no outcome measures/statistics are gathered”
Developments in practice	3	50.00	“Developing FRAC intervention regarding falls in Cork”
Structure of occupational therapy services in Ireland	1	16.67	“feel dissatisfied by the lack of community follow-up, interventions, services etc”
Theme 2: Restrictions to Falls Prevention Practice (N = 5)
Waiting lists and time constraints	2	40.00	“when referring to the community, wait lists are so long” “time constraints”
Limited resources	1	20.00	“busy acute settings it is very difficult to implement in stretched resources”
Lack of knowledge of best practice	1	20.00	Respondents not feeling “fully up to date on best practice”
MDT attitude towards falls risk	1	20.00	“often MDT concerns re falls is more disabling than clients concerns and abilities”
Theme 3: Recommendations for Future Practice (N = 4)
Standardised practice	2	50.00	“something everyone working with clients over 65 years should be engaged in” “Requires standardisation”
Occupation focussed practice	1	25.00	“occupation focussed not medical model”
The creation of a special advisory group on falls	1	25.00	“national multidisciplinary special interest group to share resources, develop practice”

Code	Frequency (n)	Valid (%)	Example quotes
Theme 1: Current Practice (N = 6)
Current occupational therapy practice	6	100	“Advice, changes of practices and aids are put in place to reduce the risk of falls but again the reassessment tools are not administered therefore no outcome measures/statistics are gathered”
Developments in practice	3	50.00	“Developing FRAC intervention regarding falls in Cork”
Structure of occupational therapy services in Ireland	1	16.67	“feel dissatisfied by the lack of community follow-up, interventions, services etc”
Theme 2: Restrictions to Falls Prevention Practice (N = 5)
Waiting lists and time constraints	2	40.00	“when referring to the community, wait lists are so long”“time constraints”
Limited resources	1	20.00	“busy acute settings it is very difficult to implement in stretched resources”
Lack of knowledge of best practice	1	20.00	Respondents not feeling “fully up to date on best practice”
MDT attitude towards falls risk	1	20.00	“often MDT concerns re falls is more disabling than clients concerns and abilities”
Theme 3: Recommendations for Future Practice (N = 4)
Standardised practice	2	50.00	“something everyone working with clients over 65 years should be engaged in”“Requires standardisation”
Occupation focussed practice	1	25.00	“occupation focussed not medical model”
The creation of a special advisory group on falls	1	25.00	“national multidisciplinary special interest group to share resources, develop practice”