Daily surveillance of falls is feasible and reveals a high incidence of falls among older adults.

Irrespective of any selection bias, the size of the difference between the observed fall incidence rate of 69% for the entire sample and a rate of 35% suggests that there may be significant under‐reporting of falls, either due to definitions that exclude certain falls or due to incomplete data capture. 5 CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that the trade‐off between data accuracy and participant attrition found in earlier fall studies may be a function of the method of data capture and is not inevitable.

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