1 April is April Falls Day
April Falls Day was initiated by Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service (NSCCAHS) to promote falls prevention with staff, community service providers and the general community.
It has been gazetted as April Falls Day in the New South Wales (NSW) Health Calendar on 1 April.
The 2011 focus is to promote the Australian Commission on Safety Quality and Health Care (ACSQHC) 2009 falls prevention best practice guidelines: Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Australian hospitals, Community Care and Residential Aged Care.
Staying Active and On your Feet, a Community Falls Prevention resource booklet, provides key messages on:
- Simple home based exercises essential to staying active
- A health and lifestyle checklist
- A home safety checklist
- Tips for staying active and healthy
www.activeandhealthy.nsw.gov.au – a new website, Active and Healthy that provides a web-based directory of falls prevention physical activity programs in NSW and information for physical activity providers and the general community.
