Adverse events in healthcare occur more often in older people,^1,2 and older people are more vulnerable to the effects of adverse events. Despite this, there are few studies that focus specifically on reducing adverse events in older people.³ Several problems have been noted with systems such as the incident reporting (IR1) system used in the National Health Service—lack of anonymity,⁴ failure of medical staff to fill in reports, bias towards certain types of events (eg, falls) and lack of feedback to ward staff. …