Falls Prevention Health Network

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Email: healthpolicy@health.wa.gov.au
Tel: (08) 9222 0200

Falls Prevention Resources

The Stay On Your Feet WA® Resource and Information Centre provides a number of resources for older people living in the community, older people who are living in the community but might have higher care needs, and information on falls prevention in hospitals for both patients and staff.

• Online Ordering
  Online resource catalogue and instructions
• Additional resources overview
  (not online)
• Audio files adapted from the Community: Falls Risk Checklist, Falls Brochure and Falls Booklet
  

Projects improving patient care or health services in WA

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» Read about Model of Care implementation and projects

Publications of interest

• Green Box – preventing falls and harm from falls in older people
  
• National Falls Prevention for Older People Plan: 2004 Onwards

Related websites

• Stay On Your Feet WA®
• Injury Control Council of WA Falls Prevention Information
• Australian Better Health Initiative
• Office of Safety and Quality Reform in Health Care

Current projects to improve health care in WA

• Implementation strategy for the Falls Prevention Model of Care
• Working towards achieving National Injury Prevention Working Group (NIPWG) priority areas for Western Australia
• Supporting the development of Stay On Your Feet® resources for the public

Visit our news page for more information on our current activities.

Completed projects

• Development and ongoing management of the Stay On Your Feet WA® website
• Falls Action Plan (PDF 70KB)
• Falls Prevention Model of Care for the Older Person (PDF 229KB)
• Guidelines for Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People (PDF 70KB)
• Falls Risk Management Tool
• Falls Risk Management Audit Tool
• Osteoporosis Model of Care (PDF 1.59MB)

Visit Health Networks’ Models of Care to view our completed Models of Care and for information about implementation.