NSW Fall Prevention & Healthy Ageing Network

14/12/2025

Our final newsletter for the year is out now! Covering updates on the 2026 Annual Forum, April Falls and more.

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Each year, the NSW Fall Prevention & Healthy Ageing Network Annual Forum provides a unique opportunity for health professionals and the community to come together and learn the latest on fall prevention and healthy ageing. Listen to experts in their field provide an overview of the latest research,....

11/12/2025

Get up to date with all the research updates for November here: https://buff.ly/mElnuZH

Featured research includes work on fall risk and hip fractures, systematic reviews on falls and diabetes and stroke, and a randomised controlled trial involving Tai Chi.

The below documents contain all abstracts for publications from the last year. These abstracts have been sourced from Pubmed and Google Scholar and include only those relevant to falls prevention. Research Updates - November

09/12/2025

The new healthy living website is now live! Featuring information and support for healthy eating and active living for all ages including older adults, better accessibility and updated content.

Access here: https://buff.ly/xiqQRNu

Getting healthy starts with small steps. Find simple tips, programs and services to help you live a healthy life at every age.

27/11/2025

All set and ready to go! Looking forward to hearing about the programs run for older people at the MNCLHD Rural Forum today and running the Exercise to Prevent Falls in Older People workshop tomorrow

24/11/2025

Our long awaited Lifestyle-intergrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) online course is now available!

Learn how to make small changes to create meaningful behaviour change that can prevent falls and improve balance and strength into daily life here: https://buff.ly/JN0zVwc

14/11/2025

9 days left until the ANZFPS Conference! Don’t miss the opportunity to hear the latest on falls prevention, including presentations from keynote speakers such as Prof Kate Sibley and Prof Koen Milisen.

Register for virtual or in-person attendance here:

10/11/2025

Places filling up fast! Join us in Kemspey for our Mid-North Coast LHD rural forum and exercise workshop.

📅 28 and 29th of November
Rural Forum: https://buff.ly/AwxNJKY
Exercise Workshop: https://buff.ly/RTkSnP0

The NSW FPHAN Hunter New England Rural Forum provides the latest information on fall prevention programs and research, with a focus on the Mid North Coast LHD.

09/11/2025

Learning a task in reverse, beginning with the end point (backward chaining) can be an effective way to teach older people how they can get up from the ground after a fall.

Read why the skill of being able to get up from the floor is important and how to train it in our mini-review here:

Short reviews on specific topics written by the NSW Falls Prevention and Healthy Ageing Network team Latest Mini Review Getting Down to Get Up - How Older People Can Improve their Ability to Get Up from a Fall

06/11/2025

Our summary of the falls research for the month of October is out now!

Featuring articles on fall prevention interventions for cognitive impairment, implementing fall prevention guidelines and the importance of optimising medication prescription, read more here:

The below documents contain all abstracts for publications from the last year. These abstracts have been sourced from Pubmed and Google Scholar and include only those relevant to falls prevention. Research Updates - October

03/11/2025

Catch up with all the latest in the space of fall prevention with our Falls Links newsletter, out now!

Featuring all the details of upcoming events, research updates, resources and more.

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Each year, the NSW Fall Prevention & Healthy Ageing Network Annual Forum provides a unique opportunity for health professionals and the community to come together and learn the latest on fall prevention and healthy ageing. Listen to experts in their field provide an overview of the latest research,....

30/10/2025

4 weeks to go! Join us in the Mid-North Coast for our next rural forum and exercise workshop on the 28 and 29th of November.

Register for the rural forum: https://buff.ly/d1xbNR6
Register for the exercise workshop: https://buff.ly/LcL6pFz

The NSW FPHAN Hunter New England Rural Forum provides the latest information on fall prevention programs and research, with a focus on the Mid North Coast LHD.

29/10/2025

Recording now available! Watch Prof Anne Tiedemann's talk on Falls prevention in practice: Keeping older adults safe and steady, covering the latest Australian guidelines, screening, medication and more here: https://buff.ly/FkRbjPq

Recorded 22 Oct 2025

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospital presentations in older adults, costing the health system more than any other single cause—including road trauma. This webinar discusses identifying fall risk factors, reviewing medications, and integrating evidence-based prevention strategies ...