[Identification of the nursing diagnosis of fall risk in elderly with stroke].

The purpose of this study was to verify the presence of a nursing diagnosis of fall risk in elderly with stroke. Observational exploratory and cross-sectional study with descrziptive analysis. Performed in a charitable rehabilitation association in Fortaleza city, from January to March 2010, by primary source, by interviews and physical examination with elderly people who had at least one episode of stroke 37 individuals participated of which 20 (54.