Video: LOOP Fall Prevention Community of Practice
May 12, 2023
The LOOP Community of Practice connects you with others who share your passion for Fall Prevention.
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LOOP Fall Prevention Community of Practice – Canada
May 11, 2023
LOOP was created in 2015 to bring together health care practitioners, caregivers, researchers and policy planners for collaborative learning to advance the field of fall prevention. We inform, share ...
Read moreANZFPS and World Falls Congress 2023 Joint Conference
April 16, 2023
ANZFPS – the Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society organise the 10th Biennial Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference (ANZFP) and it will for the first time be run as ...
Read moreNARI – National Ageing Research Institute
December 14, 2022
The Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com and FROP-Com Screen) are tools used in the community for assessment or screening of falls risk. The FROP-Com is an assessment tool and involv...
Read moreSTEADI: Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries
December 14, 2022
As a healthcare provider, you can use CDC’s STEADI initiative to help reduce fall risk among your older patients. Learn more about STEADI and discover resources to help you integrate fall prevention...
Read moreWebinar Empowering the muscle to prevent falls
November 10, 2022
Muscle health is of upmost importance to maintain many organ systems, and therewith to our ageing process. The lecture will highlight the pathophysiology of muscle health decline and its consequences ...
Read moreWorld Falls Guidelines – Age & Ageing
September 30, 2022
‘It takes a child one year to acquire independent movement and ten years to acquire independent mobility. An old person can lose both in a day’ – Professor Bernard Isaacs (1924–1995) This ...
Read moreFall Awareness week – 19 – 25 sept 2022
September 9, 2022
The issue of patient deconditioning has never been more important. Accident and emergency (A&E) teams, for example, have reported increases in unplanned admissions of patients with more complex ne...
Read moreUS – NCOA – Falls Prevention Awareness Week for Professionals
September 1, 2022
The National Council on Aging (in the US) has created an interdisciplinary toolkit for #NFPAW2022. This year’s Falls Prevention Awareness Week theme: ‘Strengthening Community Connections i...
Read moreSTEADI – Older Adult Fall Prevention – CDC
August 19, 2022
Empowering Healtcare Providers to Reduce Fall Risks. As a healthcare provider, you can use CDC’s STEADI initiative to help reduce fall risk among your older patients. Learn more about STEADI and dis...
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