Falls Prevention in Home Care

Falls Prevention in Residential Aged Care and Falls Prevention in Home Care are online training courses developed to provide learners such as personal care workers and assistants-in-nursing with an understanding of the serious repercussions of falls and how to prevent them in residential aged care and home care. They have been re-released as new units to bring them in line with the new Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.

Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injury in older Australians. A fall can cause a wide range of serious health issues to older people in care, from physical injuries to psychological impacts. But the good news is that most falls can be prevented. Falls are almost always caused by one or more risk factors, and while the risk of falling can never be completely removed, it is possible to identify falls risk factors and put strategies in place that remove or reduce falls risks.

Kineo’s Falls Prevention courses are suitable for personal care workers and assistants-in-nursing working in residential aged care or for those providing home care in the community. It is especially useful for PCWs and AINs who interact directly with aged care consumers, the ‘boots on the ground’ who spend their days providing personal care. These are the staff who can identify changes in the health or mobility of people receiving care and report it so that falls prevention strategies can be put in place.