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Preventing harm from alcohol and other drugs among older adults Are you an allied health professional working with older adults? As trusted healthcare providers, allied health professionals play a crucial...
An interactive workshop exploring the impact of commercial determinants of health on injury outcomes in the WA population.
Regional Bunbury - Preventing harm from alcohol and other drugs workshop Are you an allied health professional working with older adults? As trusted healthcare providers, allied health professionals play a...
The Stay On Your Feet® team is passionate about helping you live your best life through providing information on falls prevention and healthy, active ageing. Your health, independence, and quality...
Elder abuse is estimated to affect 1 in 6 older adults in WA. It is essential that health and community professionals working with older adults carry the skills to recognise and respond to elder abuse to ensure the safety of their clients.
Join Injury Matters on the 18th of March 10am, with guest facilitator, Wendy Bennett, from Advocare, for the Elder Abuse online workshop and learn how to recognise and respond to elder abuse within your role. This webinar will not be recorded, don’t miss out, register your spot today!
The Injury Matters team are excited to have partnered with the City of Joondalup to provide a Stay On Your Feet(R) Remove Hazards presentation as part of their Library Community...
The Stay On Your Feet® team is passionate about helping you live your best life through providing information on falls prevention and healthy, active ageing. Your health, independence, and quality...
The Stay On Your Feet® team is passionate about helping you live your best life through providing information on falls prevention and healthy, active ageing. Your health, independence, and quality...
Social frailty is a concept that describes how a loss of social resources, social behaviours and social activities increases a person’s risk of physical frailty, falls and psychological decline.
Join Injury Matters on the 2nd of April 2025 10am, with guest facilitators Dr Manonita Ghosh and Dr Hien Thi Nguyen from ECU, for the “Understanding Social Frailty and its Association with Falls” webinar, and discover more about this emerging and multifaceted health issue.
Older adults who have impaired balance are at great risk of falling. Injury Matters' Stay On Your Feet® program are hosting a half day workshop, aimed at exercise and fitness professionals who work with older adults, focusing on the importance of balance in falls prevention.
Family and Domestic Violence is estimated to affect 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men in Australia. Education and training are essential to prevent family and domestic violence. Join Injury Matters on the 6th of May, 9:00am- 4:00pm, with guest facilitator Kate Jeffries from Stopping Family Violence, for this full-day workshop.
Mechanical force-related injuries occur due to direct contact with an inanimate object such as machinery, tools, and sports equipment, or from animate forces such as bites, person-to-person contact, and stings. In 2021-22, contact with objects was the second most common cause of hospitalised injuries in Australia, highlighting the importance of effective prevention strategies.
Join Injury Matters and guest presenters from Kidsafe and SafeFarms for the “Direct Impacts: Mechanical Force Related Injuries” webinar.
Cost: FREE
