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Aim and objective.  This study aimed to understand older people’s perceptions of their and other older peoples’ falls risk, to increase understanding of why older people might not believe falls are relevant to themselves.

Background.  One‐third of the people aged ≥65 years (older people) fall yearly. Many older people do not participate in falls prevention programmes because they purport they are not personally vulnerable.

Design.  A qualitative study was conducted, guided by the tenets of grounded theory.

Method.  Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with nine community‐dwelling older people living in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. The interview explored participant’s direct and indirect experience of falling, their perceived chance of falling in the next 12 months and that of others of the same age and sex to themselves and their reasons for this.

Results.  Participants carefully presented …