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Adapted from Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls in Older People: Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities 2009

Adapted from Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls in Older People: Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities 2009

Adapted from Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls in Older People: Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities 2009

A Short Version of Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Community Care 2009

This hospital-acquired complication (HAC) covers falls occurring in hospital which result in a fracture or intracranial injury resulting in diagnoses of intracranial injury, fractured neck of femur or other fractures.

The Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Hospitals (Falls Guidelines for Hospitals) is a support resource based on the Falls Guidelines for Hospitals Reference Document. They will be published as part of a suite of resources.

This document is in draft. Public consultation on the Falls Guidelines closed on 20 November 2024.

The Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Residential Aged Care Services (Falls Guidelines for RACS) is a support resource based on the Falls Guidelines for RACS Reference Document. They will be published as part of a suite of resources.

This document is in draft. Public consultation on the Falls Guidelines closed on 20 November 2024.

The Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Community Care (Falls Guidelines for Community Care) is a support resource based on the Falls Guidelines for Community Care Reference Document. They will be published as part of a suite of resources.

This document is in draft. Public consultation on the Falls Guidelines closed on 20 November 2024.

This issue includes items on pneumonia, infections, health worker wellbeing, diagnostic error in mental health, falls prevention, medication safety, COVID-19, and more. 

Also covered are the latest from Clinical Communiqué, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, and Australian Health Review along with the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.

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Also covered are the latest issue of BMJ Quality & Safety and early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

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Also covered are the latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety and the Journal of Patient Experience along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

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