Falls risk assessment, and monitoring that actually catches the fall.
The FRAT tells you who is at risk. Radar fall detection, integrated with your nurse call, does something about it — passively, day and night, including the bathroom.
Assess the risk with the FRAT, then monitor what matters
Falls are the leading cause of injury in older Australians. The Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) — developed by Peninsula Health’s Falls Prevention Service and used across Australian aged care and hospitals — identifies who is at risk. Peninsula Smart Care closes the loop, installing radar fall detection that integrates with your nurse call system so a fall is caught, escalated and logged the moment it happens.
Understanding the FRAT
The Falls Risk Assessment Tool scores four areas — falls history, medications, psychological and cognitive status — to place a resident in a low, medium or high risk band.
From score to prevention
A high FRAT score should trigger action: medication review, environment and footwear, toileting routines, and continuous monitoring for medium and high-risk residents.
Radar fall detection
A wall or ceiling sensor watches the whole room and detects an actual fall — nothing worn, no mat, no camera. Far fewer nuisance alarms than pressure mats.
Bathroom-safe monitoring
A large share of falls happen in the bathroom, where mats and cameras can’t go. Radar detects a fall there with complete privacy and works in the dark.
Nurse call integration
Every detected fall becomes an escalated, logged nurse-call event through the Peninsula Smart Care gateway — evidence your quality team can use at audit.
Funding support
Falls monitoring may be eligible under AN-ACC, Home Care Packages or NDIS assistive technology. A documented FRAT score is often exactly the evidence needed.
Where monitoring technology fits — and how it has moved on
Traditional monitoring means bed and chair pressure mats (brands such as Proxi-Mate and Cura1) that alert when a resident tries to get up. They help, but they only flag a bed or chair exit, need a mat on every seat, miss the bathroom, and generate nuisance alarms.
Radar fall detection is the current-generation approach: it watches the whole room, including the bathroom, and detects the motion signature of a fall itself — with nothing worn and no privacy intrusion.
| Pressure mats / pendants | Radar fall detection | |
|---|---|---|
| Detects | Bed / chair exit, or a pressed button | An actual fall, anywhere in the room |
| Resident effort | Stay on the mat / wear & press a pendant | Nothing worn, nothing to remember |
| Bathroom / ensuite | Not covered | Covered — no camera, privacy-safe |
| Best suited to | Low-risk, cooperative residents | Medium & high-risk FRAT residents |
| Nurse-call link | Pager / nurse call | Nurse call + gateway, every event logged |
The Peninsula Smart Care difference
- Radar fall detection integrated with your nurse call
- Bathroom and ensuite coverage — privacy-safe, no camera
- Every fall logged for accreditation evidence
- Works alongside existing mats, pendants and pagers
- Retrofits to JCT, Sedco, Rauland and more
- Nurse call specialists, not general electricians
- Melbourne based — rapid metro & Peninsula attendance
- Help framing AN-ACC / HCP / NDIS funding
Falls risk assessment & monitoring — common questions
What is the FRAT (Falls Risk Assessment Tool)?
The FRAT is a short, validated screen developed by Peninsula Health’s Falls Prevention Service. It scores falls history, medications, and psychological and cognitive status to classify a resident as low, medium or high falls risk.
How is radar fall detection better than a bed mat?
A pressure mat only flags a bed or chair exit and needs a mat on every seat. Radar detects an actual fall anywhere in the room — including the bathroom — with nothing worn by the resident and far fewer nuisance alarms.
Is it a camera? What about privacy?
No. Radar sensors detect movement and fall signatures without any image, so they can be used in bedrooms and bathrooms with complete privacy, and they work in the dark.
Will it work with our existing nurse call?
Yes. We integrate radar fall detection into your existing nurse call through the Peninsula Smart Care gateway, and it retrofits to JCT, Sedco, Rauland and other systems — a detected fall raises a standard nurse-call event.
Can falls monitoring be funded?
Often, yes — under residential aged-care funding (AN-ACC), Home Care Packages or NDIS assistive technology, depending on the resident’s assessment. A documented FRAT score is usually the evidence these applications need, and we can help you frame it.
Reduce falls, evidence your care
Tell us about your facility and your high-risk residents — we’ll advise on radar monitoring, nurse-call integration and funding, and can arrange a 60-day trial.
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The Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) was developed by Peninsula Health’s Falls Prevention Service. Peninsula Smart Care is an independent healthcare technology integrator and is not affiliated with Peninsula Health.