Fall Prevention Health Do Bed Alarms Prevent Falls? Caroline Bogart April 14, 2019May 20, 2023 May 20, 2023 Fall Prevention, Health A bed alarm alerts a caregiver when the patient is getting up from bed, chair, or the toilet. Bed alarms prevent falls by calling the caregiver to intervene. I call the Bed Alarm the “Mom needs help but refuses to ask for it alarm.”