BONE HEALTH
Guidelines and Resources
The Fracture Risk Scale for Home Care (FRS-HC) predicts one-year hip fracture risk and helps guide clinical care planning for home care recipients at elevated risk. Because fractures are a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs, the FRS-HC provides a standardized way to identify risk and support targeted prevention efforts.
Home care fracture risk scale manual score calculation
Check out the research behind the FRS-HC!
Development of the FRS-HC
This study developed and validated the FRS-HC, showing it can predict one-year incident fractures using linked electronic home care records. The results support the FRS-HC as an evidence-based tool for identifying high-risk individuals and guiding targeted fracture prevention.
Validation of the FRS-HC
This study validates the FRS-HC across multiple Canadian provinces, showing it reliably identifies home care recipients at risk for hip fracture within one year using routine assessment data. The findings support broader use of the tool to inform targeted fracture prevention and care planning.
