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The Injury Matters team are excited to partner with Melville Cares for their "We Care About Falls" education month this May. Melville Cares are hosting three informative events for preventing...
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
Older adults with dementia are a high-risk group for falls. People living with dementia have at least twice the risk of falling compared to those without dementia.
Join Injury Matters, with guest speaker Nick Seemann from Dementia Training Australia, for the “Dementia Enabling Environments for Falls Prevention” webinar on 22 May 2025.
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...
The Injury Matters team are excited to partner with the City of Armadale to provide a Stay On Your Feet(R) Remove Hazards presentation as part of their Library Community Sessions. ...
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...
Join Injury Matters for the Injury Prevention Summit and explore 'The Future of Injury Prevention'.
WA has the largest proportion of residents born outside of Australia, where 38% of Western Australians were born overseas. That is why it is essential to develop inclusive injury prevention strategies that build trust and engage the community.
Join Injury Matters on 18 June 2025 from 10:00am-11:00am (AWST), with guest speaker Henrietta Podgorska from Umbrella Multicultural Community Care Services, for the “Building Trust and Engaging Multicultural Communities in Injury Prevention Programs and Services” webinar.
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...
Falls are preventable, and there are many strategies that local governments can implement to prevent falls in older adult community members.
Join Injury Matters on Tuesday, 24 June 10:00 am (AWST) for the "Preventing Falls and Building Communities: A Local Government Approach" webinar
Cost: FREE
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.
Cost: $30 (including GST)
