Register your event for April No Falls Day 2012
The Injury Control Council of WA (ICCWA), on behalf of the Department of Health WA, is coordinating April No Falls Day 2012, and will provide coordinator packs to events registered by Friday 17 February 2012.
April No Falls Day is a state-wide falls prevention initiative to increase awareness of falls prevention information and strategies specifically targeting acute care held as a part of the Stay On Your Feet WA® program.
We are encouraging all staff involved in health (including nursing, support, allied health and aged care workers) to register, plan and conduct an event to highlight the importance of falls prevention. Examples could include community displays, competitions, staff education, and various other fun and novel events. General Practice clinics are strongly encouraged to participate.
Events can take place between Sunday 1 and Saturday 7 April 2012. Register your event before 17 February to receive a coordinator pack, with all resource ordering closing 5pm Friday 24 February.
More information is available online or phone (08) 9420 7212.
Stay On Your Feet® Week
9-15 September 2012
Stay On Your Feet® Week aims to promote healthy active aging in WA and raise awareness within the community that falls are preventable and not a consequence of ageing.
Take this opportunity to familiarise yourself with the Nine Steps To Stay On Your Feet®. Share these steps with others and help spread the Stay On Your Feet® message.
The Injury Control Council of Western Australia (ICCWA) on behalf of the Department of Health WA coordinates Stay On Your Feet® Week. For further information and listings of events being held during the week, please visit the ICCWA website (click here (external site)). You may wish to attend an event in your local area, or mark the occasion in another way.
Falls Summit 2011
The Falls Summit 2011 was the first since 2006, and was a very eagerly anticipated event for our network and stakeholders.
It was fantastic to see so many people there, and together we planned for the future and aimed to build on the good work that has already been completed.
Read more about the summit on the Falls Prevention Network news page.
- Falls Prevention Health Network: Update - Dr Nicholas Waldron, Clinical Lead Falls Prevention Health Network
- Prevention of falls in hospitals: the role of behaviour modification - Assoc Prof Terry Haines
- Falls Prevention Update 2011 - Ms Anne-Marie Hill
- People taking medicines can fall - Ms Deidre Criddle
- Falls Prevention and Cognitive Impairment - Dr Nicholas Waldron, Clinical Lead Falls Prevention Health Network
- Optimising Bone Health and Fracture Prevention - Clinical Prof Charles A Inderjeeth
- Falls Prevention in an Aboriginal Health Setting - Mrs Zoe Bouteloup
- Falls Prevention - 'Across the Continuum of Care' WA Country Health Service - South West - Mrs Janine Finucane
- Falls at Home: the Home and Community Care Perspective - Ms Avril Fahey
- RPH SQuIRe Falls Prevention Initiative - Mrs Malli Megahey
- Baptistcare - Ms Stella Peters
- Falls Specialist Coordinator Program - Mr Tony Petta
- Community Physiotherapy Services - Ms Alison Hamersley
- Living Longer Living Stronger: A Health Promotion Program For The Over 50s - Mr Nathan Trengove, as presented by Mr Ken Marston
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