Get a Grip - Falls Prevention Program
South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
Abstract
Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older people, and preventing falls in older people is both a national and state public health priority . Admissions to hospital for fall related injury, particularly among older people, currently consumes an estimated $342.2 million in health resources each year in NSW .
Reviewed Falls incidents across SHN from July 2005 to June 2006 indicated that falls rates represented 30% (1307) of all clinical incidents, and serious injury from falls (SAC1, SAC 2 incidents) represented 2.2% (28) of all fall related incidents. In response, a SHN Falls Prevention Working Party was established and an evidence based SHN Falls Prevention Business Plan developed, with 70% of the strategies implemented to date.
This project was entered in the 2007 NSW Health Awards, Making Prevention Everybody's Business category.
The full entry document can be downloaded in the formats listed below:
Get a Grip - Falls Prevention Program (Word - 72 KB)
Get a Grip - Falls Prevention Program (pdf - 50 KB)
Download the Presentation ( pdf - 662 KB) from the 2007 NSW Health Expo
Contact
PA to Director Clinical Operations, Executive Support Unit
South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
Phone: 02 4253 4806
