Events
ISLHD RURAL FALLS FORUM
KIAMA 24th August 2018
Presentations
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Lead, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission
Leading Better Value Care – Falls in Hospital
LBVC Local Presentations
Ms Jacqui Cornell, CNC and Ms Ann Thomson, CNE
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital – Coming Soon
Ms Ashley Howley, CNE Medical Ward
Shellharbour Hospital
Mr Edward Davidson, Physiotherapy Unit Head and Ms Suzanne Lide, Nurse Manager, DDON
Coledale District Hospital – Coming Soon
Dr Mary Ryan, Program Lead – Team Effectiveness, Clinical Excellence Commission
Safety Huddles
Ms Megan Foye & Ms Padmini Pai, Co-Project Leads, Fit for Frailty Program
Fit for Frailty
Dr Jasmine Menant, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Fall Prevention Research Update
Associate Professor Anne Tiedemann, NHMRC Career Development Fellow and Principal Research Fellow, Musculoskeletal Health Sydney, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Exercise and Falls Prevention
Ms Amanda Bates, Health Promotion Officer, ISLHD
BEST at Home: Update 2018 – coming soon
Ms Miriam Coyle, CNC Dementia/Aged Care ISLHD
Dementia, Delirium and Falls – coming soon
Ms Vanathy David, Aged Care CNC, Wollongong Hospital
“Let’s reflect on the fall” Research project – coming soon
Professor Jan Potter, Co-Director Aged Care Rehabilitation and Palliative Care ISLHD
Sedation in the Elderly and review after a Fall
2018 WEBINARS
Tuesday 24th July, 1-1.45 pm Dr Jasmine Menant
Dizziness and falls
Webinar slides
Webinar recording
Q & A and links
Tuesday 21st August, 1-1.45 pm Dr Morag Taylor
Cognitive Impairment and falls
Webinar Slides
Webinar recording
Q & A with links will be available soon
2018 NSW FALLS PREVENTION NETWORK FORUM
APRIL FALLS 2018
APRIL FALLS ACTIVITIES REPORTING TEMPLATE
MID NORTH COAST LHD NSW FALLS PREVENTION NETWORK RURAL FORUM
Presentations
Professor Stephen Lord, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Falls prevention research update
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Lead, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission
Leading Better Value Care – Falls in Hospital
Intentional Rounding
Ms Colette Scott, Nurse Practitioner, Psychogeriatrics, Port Macquarie Base hospital
Dementia, delirium, depression and falls: benefits of the AGEM Ward
Ms Coral Niesler, Nurse Practitioner, Psychogeriatrics, Coffs Harbour Health Campus
Care of Confused Hospitalised Older Persons Program
Associate Professor Kim Delbaere, Principal Research Scientist, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
How feeling confident on your feet reduces fall risk
Ms Yvonne Muyambi, Health Promotion Officer, Mid North Coast LHD
Health promotion and falls
Ms Jo Melinz, Physiotherapist, Coffs Harbour Health Campus
Safe mobilisation
Ms Rachel Taylor, Director of Pharmacy, Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Medication and falls
Ms Raelene Kenny, Clinical Nurse Educator, Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Undergraduate Assistants In Nursing ‘UG AIN’ Evaluation Project
TRI-NATION FALLS FORUM
18th September 2017
Presentations
Ms Carrie Marr, Chief Executive, Clinical Excellence Commission
Improvement is a journey not a destination …..
Marr video
Dr Harvey Lander, Director, Systems Improvements Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC)
Reducing falls and harm from falls – Older persons patient safety
Lander video
Dr Frances Healey, Deputy Director of Patient Safety, NHS England
Patient safety struggles and successes – are there lessons we can apply to falls prevention?
Healey video
Ms Julie Windsor, Patient Safety Clinical Lead, Medical Specialities/Older People, NHS England
Falls prevention in health and social care: the UK perspective
Windsor video
Ms Sandy Blake, Clinical Lead, Reducing harm from falls programme, Health Quality and Safety Commission, New Zealand
Reducing harm from in-hospital falls in New Zealand
Blake video
Mr Jon Buchan, Portfolio Manager, Child and Youth Health, Whanganui District Health Board, New Zealand
Falls to frailty assessment: a transition of thinking to practice
Buchan video
Ms Carmela Petagna, Senior Portfolio Manager, Quality Improvement Programmes, Health Quality and Safety Commission, New Zealand
Whole of system: Falls and fracture management in New Zealand
Petagna video
Professor Stephen Lord, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Falls and falls prevention in the community
Lord video
Professor Cathie Sherrington, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Falls and physical activity in community dwelling older people: understanding and addressing the evidence practice gap
Sherrington video
Professor Lindy Clemson, NHMRC Career Development Research fellow, Team Leader of Ageing, Participation and Safety Research Team, The university of Sydney
The iSOLVE project: establishing pathways and processes to implement and sustain evidence-based fall prevention in primary care
Clemson video
Associate Professor Kim Delbaere, Principal Research Scientist, Falls Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
How the fear in our step can cause a fall & how bespoke technology can help
Delbaere video
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Lead NSW Falls prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission
Lovitt video
MENTAL HEALTH AND FALLS PREVENTION WORKSHOP
Thursday 24th August, The John and Betty Lynch Seminar Room, Neuroscience Research Australia
Presentations
Dr Harvey lander, Director, Systems Improvements Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC)
Leading better Value Care – Falls in Hospital
Prof Stephen Lord, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Director, Falls Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Research update
Dr John Dobrohotoff, Senior Staff Specialist Old Age Psychiatry, Clinical Director, Specialist Mental Health Service for Older People (SMHSOP), Central Coast LHD
Falls in SMHSOP acute units – A benchmarking and policy perspective
Dr Jacqueline Wesson, Senior Policy Officer, Older people’s Mental Health Policy Unit, Ministry of Health
Fall prevention experience in SMHSOP acute and community settings
Jack Powell, CNC Riverglen Unit, Hammond Care
Pre-fall Safety Huddle
Ingrid Hutchinson, Project Officer, NSW Falls Prevention Program, CEC
Colin’s Story – a consumers perspective
Mandy Meehan, Team Leader, Ryde SMHSOP
Stepping On in Mental Health – A falls prevention Initiative
Diane Grayshon, RN, Ryde SMHSOP & Mandy Meehan, Team Leader, Ryde SMHSOP
Falls Prevention in Mental Health – Improving outcomes for younger consumers by raising awareness
Ellen Panaretos, Senior Community Development Officer, Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Alcohol and Mental Health
Margaret Armstrong, Northern Sydney Local Health District Falls Policy Coordinator
Understanding Sarcopaenia: Relevance to mental health and falls prevention
Rudi Bartl, Dietitian, Central Coast Local Health District
Wasting away on tea and toast
Lorraine Lovitt, Lead, NSW Falls Prevention Program CEC
NSW Falls Program & CEC Post Fall Guide
2017 NSW Falls Prevention Network Forum
Friday 19th May, Wesley Conference Centre
FINAL PROGRAM
EVALUATION FORM
PRESENTATION PDFs and VIDEOS:
PLENARY SESSIONS
Pam Albany Guest Lecture:
A/Prof Kim Delbaere, Principal Research Scientist, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Can fear of falling make you unstable on your feet?
Delbaere video
Prof Stephen Lord, Scientia Professor UNSW and Director, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Falls prevention research update
Lord video
A/Prof Gideon Caplan, Director, Post-acute care Services and Director Geriatric Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital
Delirium and falls
Caplan video
Ms Niccola Follett, Falls Prevention Coordinator, Southern NSW LHD, Mrs Dean’s daughter, Ms Christine Ewin and Ms Rebekah O’Reilly, NUM, Batemans Bay Hospital
Mrs Deans Story
Mrs’ Deans Story Video
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Lead, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC)
NSW Falls Prevention Program Update
Lovitt video
Ms Ingrid Hutchinson, project Officer, NSW Falls Prevention Program, CEC
April Falls Day/Month – Moving right to stay upright
Hutchinson video
April Falls Competition Winners:
Mr Scott McNeill, Quality, Coordinator, Excellence Champion
Manilla MPS
Ms Elizabeth Endean, Aged Care CNC
St Vincent’s Hospital
Concurrent Sessions
Acute/Subacute care
Ms Clare Morcom NUM, and Ms Amanda Newman, EEN, Rehabilitation, Orange Health Service
Safety Huddles
Ms Kelley Lennon, DON, Belmont Hospital HNELHD
Falls Prevention and Excellence
Ms Alison Cowling, CNS & CNE, and Ms Sally Milson-Hawke, Director Nursing and Midwifery, HNELHD
An outcomes driven falls prevention program: Two years of progress
Ms Jamie Hallen, Falls Prevention Coordinator, South Eastern Sydney LHD
Talking about walking: Standardising mobility terminology in SESLHD
Ms Alexandra Sepulveda NUM and Ms Jennifer Hughes, CNE, Western Sydney LHD
We will catch you! A mental health falls prevention program
Community Programs
Ms Amanda Bates, BEST at Home Program Manager, Health promotion, illawarra Shoalhaven LHD
BEST at Home
Bates video
Ms Jeannine Liddle, Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit, The University of Sydney
Engaging men in falls prevention: feedback from the Men’s Sheds (Presentation unavailable) Liddle et al – Men’s perspectives on fall risk and fall prevention following participation in a group-based programme conducted at Men’s Sheds, Australia. Health and Social Care in the Community (2016) doi:10.1111/hsc.12412
Ms Juliana Souza de Oliveira, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
The setting of balance related goals among community dwelling older people
Souza de Oliveira video
Dr Anna Palagyi, Research Fellow, The George institute for Global Health
Falls before and after cataract surgery: a prospective cohort study
Palagyi video
Ms Elizabeth Buffon, Ms Susan Cooper, Ms Kylie Kerslake and Ms Carrie Barlow, Primary Health Nurses, Dareton Primary Health Centre, Far West LHD
Falls prevention in rural and remote communities
Dareton Health video
Communication Initiatives
Dr Amy Tan, iSOLVE Program Coordinator, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney
Engaging a whole primary care “village: to prevent falls: general practice, allied health and patients
Ms Carolyn Loton and Ms Claire Dyson, Juntos Marketing, Sydney
Communicating healthy ageing messages to older people- what do older people value?
Ms Sally Castell, Movement Matters, Older Adult health, Fitness and Exercise Consultancy
Reaching, preaching and teaching
Ms Catherine Kirkham, Research Physiotherapist, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Use and perception of activity monitors and health coaching in community dwelling seniors
Ms Mary-Anne DeNavi, Healthy Ageing program, Prince of Wales Community Health, SESLHD
Adapting falls prevention education for the local Aboriginal Community
Overview of new research projects
Dr Yoshi Okubo, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for research Abroad, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Proactive and reactive adaption to unpredictable trips and slips: can we train older adults not to fall? (Unavailable)
Dr Daina Sturnieks, Research Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Understanding the effects of fatigue on balance, gait and falls risk in older people
Sturnieks video
A/Prof Anne Tiedemann, NHMRC Careers Development Fellow, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney
Does a fall prevention educational program improve knowledge and change exercise prescribing behaviour in health and exercise professionals? An RCT
Tiedemann video
2016 NSW Falls Prevention Network Forum
Friday 20th May 2016, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney
A/Prof Anne Tiedemann, NHMRC Career Development Fellow, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney
TDoes a fall prevention educational program improve knowledge and change exercise prescribing behaviour in health and exercise professionals? An RCT
Northern NSW LHD Rural Falls Forum
Thursday 8th October 2015, 9.30 am – 3.00 pm
Southern Cross University, Lismore (Block H Room 101)
Videoconference at SCU Coffs Harbour (Rm A109) and
SCU Gold Coast (Rm B329)
NSW Falls Prevention Network Forum
Friday 22nd May 2015
The Wesley Conference Centre, 220 Pitt St Sydney
Plenary Sessions DVD available now
April Falls Day®/Month 2015 – Theme: Confusion and Falls
Don’t let Confusion Cloud the risk of falls
A suite of resources have been developed by the CEC Falls Prevention Program April Falls Working Group including:
- presentations for staff working in hospital, community and residential aged care settings,
- posters
- information flyers (on confusion and falls for patients, families and carers for hospital and community settings)
- logos (April Falls Day® and Falls prevention is everyone’s business®).
These can be accessed at:
http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/programs/falls-prevention/april-falls-day-2015
A special April Falls Links newsletter will be produced and we welcome reports with photos (please ensure you have permission from those being photographed) on April Falls activties in your health service. Please send these to e.vance@neura.edu.au by May 4th.
If you have any enquires about April Falls Day® 2015 please contact Ingrid Hutchinson on 02 92696 5516 or email Ingrid.hutchinson@health.nsw.gov.au
2014 NSW Falls Prevention Network Forum – Sydney
Presentation PDFs now available
Plenary Session presentations now available on CD/DVD to NSW Health and affiliated organisations staff. Send an email to e.vance@neura.edu.au with your name, position, facility or organisation, postal address, CD or DVD format and how you will use the resource (e.g share with colleagues, staff education, personal use).
NSW Falls Prevention Network Rural Forum
Friday 28th February 2014, 10 am – 3 pm
Coffs Harbour Health Campus Education Room ED016
Presentations
Professor Stephen Lord, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) Falls prevention research update