AJA Volume 42, Issue 3, September 2023
As an international journal, we continue to reflect matters related to ageing across the world, in particular in our ‘neighbourhood’, the Australasia-Oceania region. In this September Issue, we revisit the topic of falls management, with two invited editorials. One focuses on the paucity of fall prevention research in Asian countries and emphasises the importance of considering the local context when conducting research – or applying evidence from elsewhere – within the Asia-Pacific region. The other highlights an innovative Kaupapa Māori program for fall prevention. These editorials were commissioned to mark the concurrent launch this month of a Virtual Issue on ‘Falls and fall-related injury: ascertainment, risk and prevention’. The Virtual Issue is a collation of articles the Journal has previously published on the topic. Thanks go to our colleague Dr Morag Taylor, who facilitated its production. The Issue also includes a brief report on a retrospective cohort study of falls and fractures in the acute care setting.
The Issue’s articles provide a comprehensive snapshot of research being conducted in the fields of gerontology and geriatric medicine. A comparison of two frailty measurement tools for use in a hospital environment is presented. Lawler and colleagues report on a study to determine barriers and enablers to participation in family-assisted therapy for older people in Transition Care. Liang and colleagues discuss their evaluation of a multifaceted education and training intervention on advance care plan completion rates in a geriatric outpatient setting.
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