The following sites are useful links on falls and falls prevention related information:
- The Safety and Quality Unit (SA Department of Health)
- The SA Department of Health website
- The NSW Falls Prevention Network
- The Aged Care in Victoria – Falls Prevention website
- Health Promotion Branch – SA
- Stay on Your Feet – Queensland Health
- Stay on Your Feet – WA
- Rural Health Education Foundation
- Independent Living Centre
- NARI (National Ageing Research Institute)
- ProFouND – The Prevention of Falls Network for Dissemination is an EC funded initiative dedicated to the dissemination and implementation of best practice in falls prevention across Europe.
- World Health Organisation – Step Safely – Strategies For Preventing And Managing Falls Across The Life-Course
Links to CALD population resources:
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
• Home Safety For Falls Prevention -available in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Korean
• Be Physically active – available in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, English, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Korean
• Falls Prevention – your home safety checklist – available in Arabic, Chinese, English, Greek, Italian
• Home safety and the older person – available in Croatian, English, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Lao, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
• Improve your balance – available in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, English, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Korean
• Make the most of your eyesight – available in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, English, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Korean
• Prevent Falls in Public Places – available in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Korean
• Stay on your feet with safer shoes – available in Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
• Stay on your feet whatever your age, available in Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Northern Sydney Health Promotion
A range of fact sheets, including:
• Managing your Medicines, available in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Korean
• Managing Chronic Conditions, available in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Korean
Eastern Health Victoria
Have developed a range of cue cards that can be used for CALD patients (as well as those who are illiterate or cognitively impaired) and available in a large range of CALD languages, they include everyday, medical and pain scale cards.
