Hendrich II Fall Risk Model. HFRM II published in 1995, and updated in 2003, is a
standard widely used fall risk assessment tool (Hendrich, 2003). HFRM II established an
acceptable sensitivity value of 74.9% and an acceptable level of specificity of 73.9% when tested
in an acute care tertiary hospital (Hendrich, 2003). Ang et al.,(2007), evaluatedthe HFRM II for
use in an acute care population found substantially lower sensitivity (70%) and specificity
(61.5%). The tool is intended for use by the nurse at the point of care to predict a patients’ risk of