NSW Fall Prevention & Healthy Ageing Network
@NSWFallsNetwork
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Supporting practitioners to improve the lives of older people through #healthyageing initiatives with a focus on #preventingfalls and #fallrelatedinjuries.
Sydney, Australia
Joined November 2015
🚨 Our next rural forum and exercise workshop will be held in Mid North Coast LHD 📍 Slim Dusty Centre - Kempsey 📅 Rural Forum - 28 Nov (free), Exercise Workshop - 29 Nov ($120pp) Rural Forum registration: https://t.co/lde7r1EIoW Exercise Workshop:
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A comprehensive workshop designed to equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to develop evidence-based fall prevention strategies.
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🚨 Upcoming webinar on the Practical Implementation of the Fall Prevention Guidelines in Residential Aged Care 📅 Thursday 25 September ⌛ 1-2pm AEST 📍 online - register here:
eventbrite.com.au
Practical Implementation of the Fall Prevention Guidelines in Residential Aged Care
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Our latest falls links newsletter is out now! Get up to date with all things falls and healthy ageing here:
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Our list of fall research abstracts for August are out now! Featuring: - A cochrane review of interventions to prevent falls in care facilities - A systematic review of medications and deprescribing interventions in residential aged care More here:
fallsnetwork.neura.edu.au
The below documents contain all abstracts for publications from the last year. These abstracts have been sourced from Pubmed and Google Scholar and include only those relevant to falls prevention....
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Today marks the start of Spring and Multicultural Health Week, an ideal time to improve health and prevent falls! For our Spring into Action campaign: https://t.co/scPfvG1F2B Translated resources on healthy ageing and fall prevention:
fallsnetwork.neura.edu.au
Spring into Action to Prevent Falls Spring is here! With the weather warming up and the days getting longer, it's a great time to head outdoors, get active and take action
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🚨 The updated Cochrane review on preventing falls in aged care settings is out now! Summary: https://t.co/gNTaWgMHEP Full review:
cochraneaustralia.org
New Cochrane Review of 104 trials finds tailored exercise, dairy-rich diets and vitamin D can help reduce falls and fractures in care homes worldwide.
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Save the Date! Our next Annual Forum will be held on the 1st of May 2026. To revisit our past annual forums, covering topics such as evidence updates, dementia, nutrition, feet/footwear and more click here:
fallsnetwork.neura.edu.au
Catalog of Videos and Presentations from our prior Annual Forums 2025 Forum Program Download: 2025 Annual Forum Program 2025 Pam Albany Presentation Preventing falls
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Recording of the webinar on the newly released Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines (2025), developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. View here:
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Our latest Falls Links newsletter is out now, featuring all the latest news and events. Read it here:
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Our latest monthly fall research updates is out now! Featuring Dr Rik Dawson's work on telephysiotherapy and an umbrella review of fall risk factors in the community, read the abstracts here:
fallsnetwork.neura.edu.au
The below documents contain all abstracts for publications from the last year. These abstracts have been sourced from Pubmed and Google Scholar and include only those relevant to falls prevention....
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Do you help older people prevent falls within the South Eastern Sydney LHD? Register now for this upcoming Exercise to Prevent Falls in Older People workshop! Subsidised places available (conditions apply). Contact Tegan Fahey for more information: tegan.fahey@health.nsw.gov.au
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🚨 Last chance to complete our annual survey! Do you have a suggested topic for us to cover? Or would you like specific resources? Leave your feedback on our activities to help shape the network's future activities here:
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We know how to prevent falls in older Australians, and save lives. So, why aren’t we? Read what now needs to happen following the release of the revised national Falls Prevention Guidelines here:
croakey.org
Introduction by Croakey: Federal, state and local governments face a concerted advocacy campaign from a new alliance seeking to ensure
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Don't forget to provide feedback to shape the future of the falls network! Link to our annual survey here:
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Our latest Falls Links newsletter is now available! Catch up with all the news and events here: https://t.co/WsXhOMnDIb A reminder that our Annual Survey can also be completed here:
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Our latest monthly research update is out now! Featuring a review of virtual reality interventions for fall prevention, get up to date here:
fallsnetwork.neura.edu.au
The below documents contain all abstracts for publications from the last year. These abstracts have been sourced from Pubmed and Google Scholar and include only those relevant to falls prevention....
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Have your say and guide the work of the NSW Fall Prevention and Healthy Ageing Network! Our 2025 annual survey is now available to complete:
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Register now for an upcoming webinar on Preventing Falls in Older Australians: Applying the Updated National Guidelines in Practice Webinar 📅 16 July ⌛ 11am - 12pm Link:
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🚨 The updated falls guidelines for Australia are out now! Featuring new guidelines for hospital, community and residential aged care settings. View them here:
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Something for everyone! Watch our afternoon concurrent sessions to get an overview of fall prevention programs in hospital and community settings and ageing services. Link:
youtube.com
Listen to experts in their field provide an overview of the latest research, advocacy, quality improvement and fall prevention initiatives in residential age...
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