Anticipated Impact. Our project is expected to identify previously unaccounted for factors that predispose persons who use a wheelchair to falls and fall-related injuries. We will create models for predicting wheelchair tips, falls, and fall-related injuries. These models will be used to develop an evidence-based, patient centered wheelchair falls prevention program targeting modifiable risk factors. Findings from this study will be so used to develop an instrument to identify fall risk in elderly wheelchair users as well as an evidenced-based prevention program. We will partner with the VA National Center for Patient Safety to disseminate these products nationally in the VHA.