Today, there is a great increase in the elderly in the community, both to improve the quality of life and to improve medicine. Unfortunately, age caused by a normal aging process also leads to deficiencies. A major public health problem is the overcrowding of nursing homes and other health facilities. Older people are getting more and more, and medical staff who should be concerned about improving the quality of life are getting less and less. Ageing reduces functional ability and there are more and more falls that can lead to death. There are also general changes such as reduction of the immune system, muscle mass, cartilage between joints, mineral properties, cardiovascular disorders and so on. All these changes can lead to a risk of collapse. The fall is second to the cause of death due to injuries. The fall is defined as an unintentional and sudden change in the position of the body that brings the person to a lower level, to the object, to the floor or to the ground. The risk factors for the fall can be biological, behavioral, environmental, socio-economic and by the place of the fall. The fall is defined through four phases: disturbance of the balance centre, inability to maintain the upright position of the body, contact with the surface, physical and psychological consequences. Fear is the most common consequence. Trust is difficult to regain and nurses'/technicians' persistence is needed. The fall can also be caused by various diseases. The consequences of the fall can be physical, social and psychological. The most serious consequence for an elderly person and his family is disability and immobility. Such a person needs long-term care. By improving health care, in departments and nursing homes, a nurse/technician today has available scales to assess the risk of falling that can be easily used and to assess which older people need to be monitored more and less. The most famous scale for assessing the risk of falling is the Morse scale. In order to reduce the number of falls during hospitalisation, a great role is placed on the nurse/technician. Medical staff should be educated more with the help of various educational programmes, pay attention to risk factors, identify and evaluate them. A greater insight of nurses/technicians into risk factors can elaborate preventive measures that would have a wider scope of applications, thus creating a safer environment for the most vulnerable population group.