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Falls Guidelines for Residential Aged Care Services

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 and currently open for consultation, learn more.

The Falls Guidelines for RACS has been developed for health professionals and aged care workforce providing care to older people in Australian RACS.

The Falls Guidelines for RACS outlines the recommendations and good practice points for implementing person-centred fall prevention interventions in RACS. This includes:

  • providing fall risk assessment
  • tailoring fall risk interventions to address each risk factor
  • minimising harm from falls and 
  • delivering post-fall management.

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Publication year
2024
Resource type
Guide, user guide or guidelines
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