"Be ready to learn": a qualitative study of the patient perspective of falls and fall prevention following discharge from a spinal injuries unit.

Strategies that include learning from others, include activities that are individual and provide skills in self-reflection may aid to make fall prevention meaningful.Implications for RehabilitationPatients want to learn from practical experience and the experience of others with spinal cord injury (SCI).Clinicians need to consider patients' readiness to receive education and could benefit from the inclusion of peers in the delivery of information/education provided.A shift of focus for clinicians providing fall prevention education to skills in risk assessment, self-reflection and ability to formulate fall management plans may be beneficial to patients with SCI.Patients appreciate demonstration of skills. Clinicians are encouraged to learn wheelchair skills when performing functional tasks and demonstrate them to add credibility to their fall prevention education.