The FRAT is a validated falls risk assessment tool.  It is the outcome of a two year project, completed in 1999 by the Falls Prevention Service, Peninsula Health.

It should be used to assess patients at risk of falls.

If there is a positive response to three or more of the questions in the tool there is a moderate/high risk of falls.  If there are fewer than three positives but the assessor remains concerned about the patients risk of falling then the patient should be reviewed by a GP.  If there are no concerns and a score of less than three the pateint should be considered as being at low risk of falls.