telephone local Falls clinic for advice

hopefully they can organise community visit, get someone to assess re home equipment etc

also will give you advice on exact procedures to follow if fall in your area

criteria for accessing Falls service is just one or two falls in a year (doesn't have to be any injury) for anyone over 65 so you definitely meet criteria and in most areas self-referrals can be made

explain why so urgent and that you need clear action plan and advise in case of further fall (sometimes direct alerts can be set which go through to third party although there are limitations to some of those services and it depends where in country you are)

another source of advice is GP/district nurses/community occupational health therapist

also social services for provision of equipment (generally equipment needed is decided by occupational health doing community visit to assess), carers to help etc

you need a proper assessment and plan in place rather than just relying on 111 etc

you are entitled to proper Falls risk assessment based on prior Falls without injury

I think there are some simple aids that may help (much cheaper than Raiser chair)

sometimes people have more strength in arms than legs for example with advice to roll if possible, crawl and push themselves up but need to be careful in terms of what you are pushing against so that doesn't fall taking person with it and causing injury – occupational health can advise; advice may be given on "safest" way to fall to avoid injury as well as ways to get up if possible in any situation; can be individual thing what best advice is – definitely need a plan

since you need urgent advice telephone your nearest Falls clinic today – if nothing else they should tell you protocols to follow to get help (explain everything you put in here)

I personally have had to get someone (much bigger and heavier than me) up after falling so know what a nightmare this can be

there are resource limitations in some areas and help isn't always being provided as quickly as it should but you need help and are entitled to it

regarding physio in our area can do self-referral to NHS musculo-skeletal clinic for NHS physio but help is provided at clinic rather than at home

am not sure what procedures would be if wanted to access this kind of support at home rather than local physio clinic (probably would access via Occupational therapist so can ask about it when they assess for provision of equipment)

person I care for has a tendency to go wandering in local woods etc so we have had to set up SOS alert which will activate on both mobile phone and apple watch (calling me and services directly)

one funny thing was that person I help care for (lot younger than your dad) got distraught the other day at home and was hitting their legs which made watch ask if fall and confirmation person ok (would have sent alert otherwise), at which point the person started laughing and stopped hitting himself (so alert worked but in a way other than intended!)

there was an offer of using a paid for service (pendant alert with firm that would then respond) but in our case person preferred to do phone/watch alert instead – however, this could be long wait in current environment

I had a fall myself decades ago and was on the floor for over 6 hours before ambulance could come and move me (so this isn't a recent resource issue) – needed gas and air and stretcher chair

can't imagine what anyone elderly must go through when left waiting many hours for help (you do hear horror stories); best to get plan in place in advance best as possible 

please let us know how you get on

good luck!