The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care assists health services to reduce the number of falls, and the resulting patient harm, through a number of national initiatives. This site includes Australia’s National Guidelines: Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Hospitals, Residential Aged Care Facilities and Community Care 2025. The guidelines provide a consistent national basis for falls prevention.
Hospitals
Residential aged care facilities
Community care
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Factsheets
| Residential aged care facilities |
| Preventing falls in residential aged care services – fact sheet |
| Community care |
| Preventing falls in community care – fact sheet |
Applying the Updated Nation Guidelines in Practice Webinar