Mind Your Mind

Alzheimer's Australia Living with dementia

Alzheimer's Australia Living with dementia

Head injury prevention information for patients

 

The Mind your Head section of the Alzheimer's Australia Mind your Mind website provides information for the general public on the links between head injury and dementia risk and tips for preventing head injury.

The Better Health Channel Accidents and Injury – Reducing the Risks web page provides information for consumers about preventing injury in the car, as a pedestrian, as a cyclist, in the workplace, at home, and when participating in sport and leisure activities.

The Better Health Channel Falls Prevention for Older People web page provides information for consumers about preventing falls through appropriate exercise, improving safety inside and outside the home, and managing health conditions and medications that may increase falls risk.

Don’t fall for it. Falls can be prevented! A guide to preventing falls for older people is a booklet from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.  The booklet is aimed at community dwelling older people and their families and carers.  It contains information about reducing falls risk factors relating to a person and their health and falls risk factors relating to the environment.  It also describes what to do in the event of a fall.

The National Prescribing Service provides information for consumers about avoiding falls caused by the side effects of medications.