Home Accidents

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Reviewed January 2009

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Title:   Vision loss - safety around the home
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vision loss can turn simple tasks around the home into potential hazards. There are many ways to improve general safety in the home.
Date:   Aug 2009

Title:   Homefront
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Information about HomeFront, a Department of Veterans' Affairs program designed to prevent falls and accidents in the home.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Stay on your feet - your home safety checklist
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   A safer home can help you maintain an independent lifestyle. A few simple steps can make your home safer and help prevent falls. This checklist is a guide to those steps. The checklist is a series of questions that looks at safety in and around your home. If you answer 'no' to any of the questions, the checklist suggests things you can do to make your home safer. Most changes are easy and inexpensive. Take steps to prevent a fall - falls can be prevented!
Date:   Nov 2008

Title:   House fires
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Prevention of house fires, what to do in case of fire, and firefighting equipment and methods.
Date:   Oct 2008

Title:   Falls prevention for older people
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Falls are a major cause of injury for older people and cause hip and wrist fractures, dislocations, head injuries and bruises. Falls can be prevented with simple safety measures in the home and outside. Managing medications, foot care and regular eye tests can also minimise the risk of falls.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Dementia - safety issues
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dementia can affect a person's safety. Dementia symptoms include confusion, memory loss and disorientation. Family, friends and health professionals can help a person with dementia feel and be safe and secure.
Date:   Nov 2007

Title:   Modification of the home environment for the reduction of injuries
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Injuries in the home are very common. Most of the injuries of older people and children under five occur at home. Many people are encouraged to alter their home to try to reduce such injuries. Common alterations include the installation of locks on cupb...
Date:   Aug 2006

Title:   Don't fall for it. Falls can be prevented!
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The booklet is aimed at community dwelling older people and their families and carers.
Date:   Jan 2004

Title:   Make a move - Falls prevention ...
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Falls prevention and environment, medication, vision, home hazards, chronic illness, physical activity, balance and walking style, osteoporosis, footwear.
Date:   Nov 2003

Title:   Losing a finger: it can happen to anyone
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   This document gives information on how to save a severed finger.
Date:   Mar 1999

Title:   Falls prevention - your home safety checklist
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Falls have enormous social, health and economic costs for both older people and the whole community. About a third of older people fall each year and half of all falls occur in and around the home.
Date:   Dec 1995

Title:   Home safety and the older person
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Precautions around the house, kitchen, bathroom, other areas of the house, bedroom, medications, outside.
Date:   Jun 1995
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