phone; no handrails along hallways; a high toilet seatnot installed. The least frequent home environmentalrisk factors for falls before intervention were:electrical wires/cables and extension cords on thefloor; polished and slippery floors; no light switchesby doorways; and unstable furniture. The effect of theeducational intervention was statistically significantfor 22 home environmental risk factors for falls (seeTable 3). The smallest effect after the educationalintervention was observed in the following homeenvironmental risk factors for falls: no hip protector;no handrails along hallways; low chairs; toilet withinward opening door; no light switches by doorways;unstable furniture; and no light switch for stairs (oronly one switch – at the top or the bottom of the stairs).On a scale from 1 (the safest home environment) to 5(the least safe home environment), the averageperception of home environmental safety beforeintervention was 2, rising to 4 after intervention.A statistically significant difference was foundin perception of saftey in the home environmentbefore and after intervention (p < 0.001). After theeducational intervention, the elderly subjectsperceived their home environment to be less safe thanthey had previously (see Table 4). Their awarenessof home environment ri