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Information for health professionals

Information for health professionals

SA Health recognises that skilled and knowledgeable staff are essential for the effective delivery of services that aim to reduce the risk of falls and injury from falls during care and across the community. The following national guideline information is applicable to all clinical staff:

Please also refer to the education and training section for information about training programs, packages and workshops.

Resource materials are available for consumers. Each year in SA is Falls Awareness Month. Posters and fact sheets for consumer displays and activities are available. For a list of SA and national printed materials, and where/how to obtain them is please refer to the Falls Prevention Resources list (PDF 708KB). Please refer to Information for Consumers.

Policy Directive, Guideline and Toolkit

The SA Health Policy Directive, Guideline and Toolkit was released in March 2011.

SA Health recognises that systematic and proactive risk identification and management is required in order to reduce risk of falling and sustaining harm from falls for consumers in the health service environment.

Service directories

These directories provide a comprehensive listing in South Australia of falls prevention programs for health care professionals and consumers, assisting clients to access appropriate falls prevention services when they need them most.