Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Hospitals

Jasmine Menant; Cathie Sherrington; Suzanne Dyer; Stephen Lord

Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Hospitals

Jasmine Menant
, Cathie Sherrington
, Suzanne Dyer
, Stephen Lord

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Abstract

Minimising falls and harm from falls remains a key challenge for the quality of care of older people in hospitals. Fortunately, many falls can be prevented with the systematic implementation of tailored multifactorial falls and harm from falls prevention interventions.

Purpose and background: The Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Hospitals (the Falls Guidelines) provides best practice advice and supporting resources on preventing falls and harm from falls in older people for health professionals providing care to older people in Australian hospitals.

Original language	English
Publisher	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Commissioning body	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Number of pages	206
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-923353-15-2
Publication status	Published - 2025

Keywords

Fall prevention
harm minimisation
older persons
interventions
hospitals

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