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Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Best Practice Guidelines for Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls in Older People

Hospitals

Guidelines Guidebook Implementation guide

Residential aged care facilities

Guidelines Guidebook Implementation guide

Community care

 
Guidelines Guidebook  

 

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Factsheets

Hospitals

Support staff
Patients and carers
Nurses
Health managers
Doctors
 Allied Health Professionals

Residential aged care facilities

Support staff
 Nurses
 Health managers
 Doctors
 Allied Health Professionals
 Residents

Community care

Nurses
 Doctors
 Allied Health Professionals

 

Useful links - Australia and New Zealand

Aged Care Victoria - Falls Prevention

Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society (ANZFPS)

Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care - ACEBAC

Australian Resource Centre for Health Innovations (ARCHI) - Falls Prevention

Centre for Physical Activity in Ageing (SA)

Clinical Excellence Commission (NSW Falls Prevention Program)

Council on the Aging (COTA)

Home Modification Information Clearing Warehouse

Independent Living Centre NSW

Injury Control Council of Western Australia

Injury Prevention in Australia - Department of Health and Ageing

The Joanna Briggs Institute

National Ageing Research Institute

National Injury Surveillance Unit

NSW Health - Health Promotion Injury Prevention Branch

NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre

Osteoporosis Australia

PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database

Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Falls and Balance Research Group

Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit

Queensland Stay on Your FeetŪ Falls Prevention Guidelines

QuickScreen Information and order form, Falls and Balance Research Group

Research Review Australia

South Australian Falls Prevention and Management

Stay on Your FeetŪ WA

Vision Australia

Useful links - International

Active for Life

CDC Injury Center - Preventing Falls Among Older People

Clinical Assessment Tool (ProFaNE CAT)

Falls Community (Scotland)

Injury Control Research Information Network

Injury Prevention Online (journals)

Injury Prevention Web

Prevention of Falls Network Europe: ProFaNE Home Page

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario - Nursing Best Practice Guidelines

SafetyLit - Injury Prevention Abstracts Online

Self Management and Rehabilitation

Simon Fraser University Injury Prevention and Mobility Lab (Canada)

Falls Prevention Center of Excellence