Outcome evaluation
Each participant took part for 15 months. A brief postal follow-up, with telephone support if needed, was undertaken with a carer after six months. The main follow-up was completed at 12 months (within four weeks either way), when two researchers visited participating dyads at home to collect outcome data; the participant and carer were interviewed separately (see Data collection time pointsCalendars were collected monthly from randomisation to 15 months.Falls, PrAISED activities done independently, service use, and hospital admissions were ascertained using monthly self-completed calendars between months 0 and 15, with researchers not involved in delivery of the intervention providing telephone prompts and support when necessary. Two clinicians adjudicated injurious falls based on details provided on calendars.