Falls Prevention Initiatives
Australian Resource Centre for Health Information (ARCHI)
Follow up of Fallers - This program aims to increase the uptake of falls prevention strategies for older people through phone follow ups within a week of discharge from the emergency department.
(Date published: 22-Jul-2009)
Falls Risk Assessment Tool Score (FRATS) Compliance - The Falls Assessment & Prevention policy with the Falls Risk Assessment Tool Score (FRATS) was introduced as a strategy in 2006 to reduce the risk of falls at Broken Hill Hospital.
(Date published: 18-Sep-2008)
Physical Activity Leaders Network - The Physical Activity Leaders Network (PALN) is a support strategy designed to train and support community volunteers to deliver effective fall-safe physical activity classes in areas with low population density.
(Date published: 13-Oct-2008)
Reducing the Incidence of Falls in Residential Aged Care - An ongoing program to reduce the incidence of falls in a Residential Aged Care facility through identifying balance, mobility and strength problems in residents and tailoring individual programs to address these.
(Date published: 16-Oct-2008)
HIP HOP: Exercise class for adults following fractured neck of femur - This project aimed to review an exercise class for clients following a fractured NOF. The goals were to improve function post-op and address pre-morbid falls risk factors.
(Date published: 20-Oct-2008)
Falls Prevention - The Bega Valley Community Health Centre has established a program based on evidence based research that indicates a multidisciplinary approaches encompassing comprehensive identification of falls risks, assessment and targeted intervention can reduce falls and falls injury rates.
(Date published: 12-Jul-2007)
ISAFE - The ISAFE project aims to reduce the risk of falls in community-dwelling people over 65 years of age.
(Date published: 13-Jun-2007)
Balance Group for the Frail Elderly - Task- specific training of walking and balance activities aimed to improve mobility.
(Date published: 29-Aug-2007)
Fairfield Falls Intervention Program - This project developed a multi-disciplinary Falls Intervention/Prevention service within the Fairfield Ambulatory Care Service.
(Date published: 29-Aug-2007)
Get a Grip - Falls Prevention Program - Describes a comprehensive falls prevention program.
(Date published: 30-Aug-2007)
Central Sydney Tai Chi trial - Despite high levels of understanding of risk factors for falling, there are few evidence-based population-wide interventions to prevent falls.
(Date published: 21-Oct-2005)
To Restrain or Not to Restrain - The aim was to promote patient safety by reducing the use of mechanical restraints and minimising the risk of injury when mechanical restraints are used or not.
(Date published: 20-Oct-2006)
Stand Tall, Don't Fall : Falls Prevention in the Bega Valley - In 2004, a project team was established to address the significant issue of falls and fall related injury in the Bega Valley.
(Date published: 07-Nov-2006)
Annual Care Plan, Vaccination, Cognitive Screening, Falls Prevention - The plan describes the Care services and providers used by the individual and may include an Enhanced Primary Care package of services particularly for chronic disease management.
(Date published: 20-Dec-2006)
Owning Falls Prevention : Action Research - This study establishes nurses attitudes of self-esteem, work satisfaction and professional values and outcomes of fall prevention before and after action research aimed at increasing ownership of work.
(Date published: 21-Oct-2005)
Babies Don't Bounce - This project was to reduce the number of reported incidents of infants/children falling out of bed as a result of the cot sides/bed rails being left down.
(Date published: 21-Oct-2005)
Falling Head Over Heels- Reducing Falls in Neurosurgical Inpatients with the Implementation of a 'High Risk Falls Room' - To decrease the incidence of falls in high risk patients on the neurosurgical ward by 50% in 6 months and eventually to zero. Falls incidence data was collected and analysed and results reviewed after 6 months.
(Date published: 21-Oct-2005)
Tai Chi Program - Aim is to increase physical activity in the 50 years and over age group within 3 months.
The potential for this is to prevent falls and falls related injuries through facilitating improved balance, flexibility, fitness and muscle strength.
(Date published: 20-Oct-2006)