Sammanfattning
A fit and self-sufficient woman in her 80s was referred from the emergency department to the specialist outpatient falls clinic (Fallpoliklinikken) in the Department of Geriatric Medicine. She had fallen several times, abruptly and to the floor without being able to stop herself, and had dislocated a number of fingers as well as sustaining a facial haematoma. She did not think she had lost consciousness and attributed the falls to haste and carelessness.