Certificate On Completion
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% Online Course
Accessible to anyone with an internet connection
Bulk Enrolment Support
We support bulk enrolments for organisations
Saves Your Progress
Allows you to complete in bite sized modules
CPD Points & Reflection
CPD reflection tool to count towards your CPD
Experienced Instructors
Experienced Physiotherapist
About This Course
Falls Prevention and Management is a vital educational skill in a clinician or coordinator’s repertoire when assisting and supporting older adults living in the community setting. Due to our ageing population resulting in a higher incidence of falls, prevention can lead to a significant reduction on the burden of our healthcare system.
This on-demand training is just over 20 minutes (22 minutes to be exact!) and covers:
- The Prevalence of Falls
- Contributing Factors to a Fall
- Strategies to Reduce Falls Risk
- The Role of Health Professionals in Falls Prevention and Management
The course also includes links to additional videos highlighting common assessment tools, instructional videos and our Falls Prevention Plan Support Tool. These are valuable resources which can be used by health professionals in falls monitoring and goal setting.
This training is suitable for:
- Allied Health Professionals
- Nursing staff working who frequently support patients that are low / medium / high falls risk
- Disability Support Workers supporting NDIS participants
- Community Aged Care Support Workers supporting older adults
- Community Aged Care Coordinators of Support
Outcomes
- Distinguish the contributing factors to a client sustaining a fall
- Illustrate an understanding of the strategies to reduce falls risk
- Identify and refer to a range of health professionals in assisting clients to reduce their falls risk depending on their area of need
Skills You will gain
Gain extensive knowledge on the prevalence of falls in the Community settingUnderstand the various contributing factors on what causes a fall to occurAbility to identify and assess the strategies that are used and can be implemented in reducing a client’s falls risk Identifying the roles of various Health Professionals in falls prevention and reductionHighlight common Assessment Tools to identify falls riskCourse Syllabus
Enrolment Options
Individual License
Our training is suitable for:
- Allied Health Professionals
- Nursing staff working who frequently support patients that are low/medium/high falls risk
- Disability Support Workers supporting NDIS participants
- Community Aged Care Support Workers supporting older adults
- Community Aged Care Coordinators of Support
If you are an individual, consider talking to your workplace about our bulk enrolments for your team or reimbursement for your continuing professional development.
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Multiple Licenses
We partner with small, medium and enterprise sized organisations across a range of sectors.
We take care of your teams enrolment and technical support.
Please contact us for bulk license pricing.
Contact UsOur Instructors
This course is instructed by Pratik Ahuja (B Physiotherapy):
- Physiotherapist (Community Therapy)
- Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Member
Pratik is a Physiotherapist at Community Therapy with over 10 years of experience in the field. Pratik works across both disability and aged care funding bodies providing evidence based assessment and care for his clients.
He has assisted clients achieve personal goals leading to meaningful outcomes through exercise therapy, pain management and lifestyle modification education.
Pratik is passionate about delivering education to the broader allied health sector, assisting clinicians and coordinators to understand the positive work we do and how we can empower our clients to live a healthier life.
Outside of work, Pratik enjoys spending time with his young family and some time on the golf course.
Course Preview
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Course Certificate
On completion of our course, you will receive a certificate of completion.
We are able to provide organisations that bulk enroll their team with compliance reports for their training records.
FAQs about the Falls Prevention and Management in the Community Course
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How long will I have access to the course for?
You will have access for 12 months from the date of purchase.
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I'd like to sign up my organisation. How does this work?
Please contact us with your request and we will provide a bulk-license quote.
We organise bulk enrolment of your team.
Staff are then granted access to our training.
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Which health professionals do you refer to in the presentation?
We cover a wide variety of health professionals which assist in the Prevention and Management of Falls in the Community. These include General Practitioners (GP), Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Exercise Physiologists, Dieticians, Podiatrist, Optometrists and Audiologists.
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Does this training include references to specific studies or outcome measures that are beneficial in falls prevention?
Yes! Throughout the presentation you will find a variety of studies and objective measures that can be referenced to assist with frequency of exercise, exercise prescription and falls assessment / re assessment of older adults.
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I am new to assessing and preventing falls, will this course help me?
Yes! This course is designed for both clinicians / coordinators new to falls prevention and management or experienced clinicians who need a refresher on the topic! We cover the prevalence of falls, falls contributors, strategies to reduce falls and the role of health professionals in fall s prevention.
