validity of the stratify risk score of falls in nursing homes objective we investigated the performance of the stratify risk assessment for fall risk in nursing home patientsmethods this prospective study was conducted at the nursing home antonius binnenweg in rotterdam from june 1 to december 31 2000 subjects included newly admitted patients of whom a stratify score was obtained patients were followed for falls during a personweek observation period of 13 weeks measurements were age sex admission category stratify score length of stay and number of fallsresults of 120 patients 75 women 45 men average age 745 years a stratify score was available three months after admission 24 of these patients 20 had died 56 patients 47 had been discharged and 40 33 still resided in the nursing home of the 120 patients included 36 patients 30 had fallen during the observation period the risk of falling in the patient group with a stratify score of 2 or more was 235 95 confidence interval 122 452 times that of patients with a lower score the sensitivity of the stratify score was 50 95 ci 32 67 specificity was 762 95 ci 65 875conclusion the stratify risk score of falls gave disappointing results in our setting