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.
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.
