Course Overview

Welcome to the Falls Prevention Programs in Residential Aged Care course. This course has been designed to give you an understanding of why falls prevention programs are necessary, as well as what you can do to implement a falls prevention program in your workplace.

These courses feature:

• Rich and engaging animated content
• Self-reflection activities focused on generating printable takeaway documentation that can act as the basis of a falls prevention program in the learner’s workplace
• Key case studies detailing examples of organisational best practice
• Assessments targeting specific learning outcomes
• Numerous supplementary resources for continued program development

Learning Outcomes

This course focus on ensuring that the learner:

• Is able to identify the steps and actions involved in implementing a falls prevention program
• Understands the role of a multidisciplinary team in running a falls prevention program
• Knows where to access falls prevention resources
• Understands how to apply PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) cycles in falls prevention programs
• Can evaluate falls prevention programs by measuring processes and outcomes

Target Audience

This course is suitable for staff working in Australian residential aged care.

This training is targeted at nominated falls prevention ‘program leads’ – staff with key responsibilities for managing and implementing control programs for a wider team. This may include:

• Registered Nurses
• Enrolled Nurses
• Facility managers
• Community care managers
• Quality and risk coordinators
• Educators

This course has been developed to ensure key staff in care organisations are ready to implement falls prevention programs and meet the requirements of:

Aged Care Quality Standard 3: Personal care and clinical care
Aged Care Quality Standard 8: Organisational governance