Healthy Balance specialises in providing a wide range of allied health consultancy services to residential aged care facilities (RACFs), independent living and retirement villages throughout Australia. Healthy Balance understands that each aged care facility is different and it is fundamental that an allied health program is tailored specifically for the needs of the facility and its residents. Healthy Balance can offer an extensive, innovative and premium program to meet the needs of residents and the aged care facility. Services provided to aged care facilities include:
Aged Care Consultancy
Individual allied health consultations to residents
Educational presentations to residents and staff
Fall prevention assessments
Aged Care Funding Instruments (ACFI) Advisory Services;
– Pain management programs funded under ACFI Gap analysis reviews; and
– ACFI Accreditation Support
Menu review and evaluation
Delivery of relevant exercise programs
Fall prevention assessments
NSW Health identifies falls prevention as a priority for people in Residential Aged care Facilities (RACFs) and the community. 1 in 3 people over 65 years will fall each year. Many of these falls result in morbidity and long term debilitation. Many of these falls are preventable. (Lord SR. Visual risk factors for falls in older people. Age and Ageing 2006;35-S2:42-45.).
Healthy Balance has developed best practice guidelines, assessments and exercise programs to educate and assist elderly patients in helping to prevent falls.