Published 13th June 2026
Research from Quensland concerned with facilitating better frailty prevention (frailty is estimated to impact more than 20 per cent of Australians aged over 65) includes a framework of six key pillars: health promotion and screening, nutrition, exercise, social activities, medicine optimisation, management of severe frailty. Frailty is a risk factor for falls, and management of frailty is crucial for ongoing prevention for decrease of mobility and other impacts of falls. However, the research found that undertreatment of frailty is common, it recommends that "it is important for people experiencingfrailty to minimise sedentary time and engage in a range of domestic and recreational activities, as their level of frailty allows." This management of appropriate level of physical challenge is possibly an important consideration for any home modifcations.
You can find the published research here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.5694/mja2.70182
You can find a simple to read summary article about the research here: https://communitycarereview.com.au/2026/06/11/new-framework-on-frailty-prevention/
The 2025 report on falls from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care includes reccomendations on falls prevention, you can find it here: https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/falls-prevention
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