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- 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)
- 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/bedrails being left down.
(Date published: 21-Oct-2005)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Falls Policy for Older Western Australians - The Department of Health (Western Australia) has recognised the need to address the issue of falls through the development of the statewide Falls Policy for Western Australia.
(Date published: 12-Nov-2004)
- 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)
