Hi Pauline
We are involved with a Falls Prevention pathway which commences in the
Emergency Department of a large regional hospital in Geelong, Victoria,
Australia. The Allied Health team based in ED screen all "fallers" who
present to ED follwing a fall and who are not admitted and make the range of
necessary referrals for both treatment, further falls risk assesment and
preventive interventions and social support programs to assist them in their
daily living. We are now working on integrating this "secondary prevention"
approach with a community based primary falls prevention program across all
sectors including, local governement, homecare workers, community-based
exercise groups, older adults social networks, GPs and othe health
providers.
Please don't hesitate to email me directly at work if you would any further
info:
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Cheers
Libby Mears
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From: "Pauline Lapin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: Falls prevention in the elderly


> Effective falls prevention interventions require a blending of medical and
> social models of care to assess and address the multitude of risk factors
> associated with falling (e.g, medications, gait and balance, environmental
> hazards, fear of falling, etc.). In the U.S., the links that are needed
between
> the medical and social systems of care are nonexistent for health
promotion for
> the elderly.
>
> I know that Canada has provincial falls advisers, and that other countries
have
> national plans for addressing falls in the elderly. I'm interested in
learning
> how other countries have linked medical and social systems to prevent
falls in
> the elderly.
>
> Thanks for any information you can provide!
>
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