Publications & resources

April Falls 2018 key messages

3 Apr 2018, Reducing Harm from Falls

Preventing falls key messages for April 2018

Workbook: From Atlas to Action

3 Apr 2018, Reducing Harm from Falls

This workbook is designed to help connect data at district level from the Atlas of Healthcare Variation falls domain with local action.

Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry 2017 Annual Report

8 Dec 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

The second combined annual report of the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry.

What is the collective approach to address the growing epidemic of fragility fractures?

15 Nov 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

The New Zealand approach to falls and fragility fracture prevention appears in a recent Economist Data Intelligence Unit report.

10 Topics summary document

10 Oct 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

A summary document to outline the 2017 updates made to the 10 Topics in reducing harm from falls resources.

3-Nation approach to reducing harm from falls workshop presentations

28 Sep 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Presentations are now online from the '3-Nation approach to reducing harm from falls' workshops

Archived versions of 10 Topics in reducing harm from falls (2013–2015)

16 Aug 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

This zipped folder contains the archived 10 Topics documents which were released in 2013–2015, which have now been replaced with up-to-date versions.

Anne-Marie Hill FallsStop videos

5 Jul 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Anne-Marie Hill FallsStop videos

Open4Results – Reducing Harm from Falls programme, five years on

13 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

This overview looks at our Reducing Harm from Falls programme journey over the last five years from April 2013 to April 2017.

Topic 1 – Falls in older people: the impacts

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Topic 1 supplement: Patient story staff perspective

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Betty is a 93 year old lady with a history of falls. Her daughter Barbara talks about what happened when avoidable environmental factors interacted with her mother’s risk factor of impaired mobility to cause a fall.

Topic 2 – Which older person is at risk of falling? Ask, assess and act

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Topic 3 – Falls risk assessment: a multifactorial approach

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Topic 3 supplement: Questions and answers about falls QSMs

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Topic 4 – Addressing risk factors in an individualised care plan

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Topic 5 – Safe environment and safe care are essential to prevent falls

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Topic 6 – After a fall: what should happen?

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Topic 6 supplement: St John ABCDE assessment

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Topic 6 supplement: Skin tears (Milner article in Nursing Review)

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls

Elizabeth Milner's article on skin tears in the Nursing Review (Nov 2013)

Topic 7 – Why hip fracture prevention and care matter

12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls