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The thin line marks today, 29 September 2026.

Falls Prevention Awareness Week 2026

2026

21–25 September 2026

Confirmed

Dates confirmed from the organiser’s announcement on 15 September 2026.

Organiser: National Council on Aging (NCOA), Falls Free Initiative

Read the organiser’s pageAdd this date to your calendar

Theme

No theme announced for 2026.

What changed

In 2025 it fell on 22–26 September 2025. This year it falls on 21–25 September 2026.

Why the day exists

Falls & older adults

an estimated 684 000deaths from falls a year

Deaths from falls worldwide — worldwide, 2021. Source: World Health Organization, Falls (fact sheet) (2021).

“An estimated 684 000 individuals die from falls globally of which over 80% are in low- and middle-income countries.”

More figures for this hazard

How organisations mark it

  • Run the Falls Free CheckUp with older adults at a community event or clinic visit.
  • Book medication reviews for older patients, since some prescriptions raise fall risk.
  • Hold a strength and balance class taster and sign people up to a full evidence-based programme.
  • Do home safety visits: grab rails, lighting, loose rugs, clutter on stairs.
  • Use NCOA's toolkit graphics for your own channels and report your numbers for the impact report.

Sources

  1. National Council on Aging (NCOA), Falls Free Initiative — Falls Prevention Awareness Week 2026 — www.ncoa.org, read 15 September 2026.
  2. Falls Prevention Awareness Week for professionals — NCOA — www.ncoa.org, read 15 September 2026.
  3. Falls Prevention Awareness Week Toolkit — NCOA — www.ncoa.org, read 15 September 2026.
  4. Falls Prevention Awareness Week Impact Reports — NCOA — www.ncoa.org, read 15 September 2026.
  5. NCOA Falls Prevention Awareness Week page as it stood in September 2025 (Wayback Machine) — web.archive.org, read 15 September 2026.