falls prevention
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Specialty Focus
New study to ‘transform’ falls prevention
A new study by James Cook University is trialling a framework that has the potential to reduce the risk of…
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Specialty Focus
New study finds gamified exercises prevents falls in older people
A new study by Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) found that at-home gamified step exercises effectively prevented falls in people over…
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Podcasts
The case for an individual approach to preventing falls: podcast
Older people in aged care homes are twice as likely to have a fall than people living in the community.…
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News
Dairy rich diets drastically reduce fractures in aged care residents: research
Adding extra dairy into the diets of residents can drastically reduce fractures and falls in aged care, according to a…
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Clinical Practice
Hopes historic WHO report on falls prevention has global impact
Experts hope that recommendations in a new technical report from the World Health Organization (WHO) will reduce global suffering and…
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News
Falls top list of most common hospitalised injuries
Falls are the most common cause of hospitalised injury – and numbers are rising. A new Australian Institute of Health…
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News
Community care workers taking on falls prevention in WA
Training up community care workers in falls prevention may help curb the declining number of clients taking part in preventive…
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Clinical Practice
The fall-out from falls
A $1.5 million research trial to prevent falls hopes to keep elders standing firm. Amid current concerns about the impact…
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