falls

Fall-prevention national guidelines revised

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) has released the first revision of their Falls…

Reversing frailty to curtail ‘alarming’ falls increase

A new program introduced by an aged care provider is helping prevent falls of community-dwelling older people transitioning from hospital…

How digital care technology can reduce falls and UTIs by monitoring fluids

The World Health Organization defines a fall as ‘an event that results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on…

Experts say falls tool is a safety risk

The go-to tool used to determine people’s risk of falling in aged care homes is “out of date” and poses…

Hopes historic WHO report on falls prevention has global impact

Experts hope that recommendations in a new technical report from the World Health Organization (WHO) will reduce global suffering and…

Jump for your balance: study on falls among post-menopausal women

It might sound slightly counterintuitive at first, but Victorian researchers are suggesting that jumping might be key to helping reduce…

Community care workers taking on falls prevention in WA

Training up community care workers in falls prevention may help curb the declining number of clients taking part in preventive…