Our Stories

Watch inspirational stories from patients and healthcare practitioners. Learn about the impact of falls and fall related injuries, and the effectiveness of fall prevention strategies and interventions.

Barbara’s Story is the first of six episodes commissioned by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to raise awareness of what it feels like to have dementia. The film has been used to train staff in hospitals across the world.

An interview with Nola and Graham Tucker about their participation in the Stepping On program filmed at the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Rural Falls Forum.

The story of Mrs Dean, a 76-year-old woman who had a serious fall in hospital, told by her daughter, Christine Ewin; Falls Prevention Coordinator at Southern NSW LHD, Niccola Follett; and NUM at Batemans Bay Hospital, Rebekah O’Reilly.

Professor David Oliver tells the story of an elderly woman’s failed care pathway, and explains how an alternative care pathway could have led to a very different outcome.