2011 Events
Rural Local Health Districts Falls Prevention Videoconference Sessions
November 30th 2011 – Hospital Care
Falls Prevention Best Practice – For Hospital Care, Ms Denise Tomassini, Clinical Quality Manager, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
CEC DRAFT Post Falls Assessment & Management Guide -Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Leader, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission
November 14th 2011 – Community Care
Falls Prevention Best-Practice Guidelines overview and Case Scenario introduction, Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Leader, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission
Integrating Community Falls Risk Screening and Assessment into Routine Practice in HNELHD, Ms Patsy Bourke, Falls Injury Prevention Coordinator, Hunter New England Local Health District
BEST at Home Exercise Program, Ms Amanda Bates, Health Promotion Service, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
Stepping On , Ms Margaret Armstrong, Northern Sydney and Central Coast Coordinator, NSW Falls Policy
Building Exercise Options in Rural Areas, Ms Niccola Follett, Falls Program Coordinator, Murrumbidgee and Southern NSW Local Health Districts
NSW Falls Prevention Network Forum 2011
The NSW Falls Prevention Network Forum was held on Friday 27th May 2011 at the Wesley Conference Centre, 220 Pitt St Sydney
Falls Network Forum Program Final
PRESENTATIONS
PLENARY SESSION 1
Risk factors for falls in cognitively impaired older people, Associate Professor Jacqueline Close, Geriatrician, Prince of Wales Hospital and Neuroscience Research Australia
Research update: Vitamin D and falls in older people; Falls prevention in hospitals, Professor Stephen Lord, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia
Costing and cost-effectiveness in falls prevention, Dr Wendy Watson, Senior Research Fellow, Injury Risk Management Research Centre, UNSW
PLENARY SESSION 2
Prevention of falls and harm from falls among older people:2011-2015, Joanne Smith, Director, Centre for Health Advancement, NSW Department of Health
Falls – a consumer perspective, Dr Karen Luxford, Director, Patient Based Care, Clinical Excellence Commission
Report on TRIP (Translating Research into Practice) Workshop, Dr Roslyn Poulos, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW, Professor Stephen Lord
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Exercise programs and falls prevention
Exercise as a component for the treatment of frailty, Professor Ian Cameron, Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, University of Sydney, Colleen langron, Physiotherapist, Hornsby Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District.
Post-hospital exercise programs, Associate Professor Catherine Sherrington, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Betty Ramsay, Research Physiotherapist, Falls and Balance Research Group, Neuroscience Research Australia
Exercise after stroke to prevent falls, enhance mobility,and increase physical activity: The stroke club trial, Associate Professor Catherine Dean, Director and Head of Physiotherapy Program, Macquarie University
Exercise Programs for Parkinson’s disease, Dr Colleen Canning, Senior lecurer, Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney
Falls risk factors, assessment and interventions
A screening tool to predict fallers in Hospital Emergency Departments, Dr Anne Tiedemann, Research Fellow, Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health
Fear of falling in older persons: does it protect or does it hurt? Dr Kim Delbaere, Research Officer, Falls and Balance Research Group, Neuroscience Research Australia
Sarcopenia: is it the most important risk factor for falls? Associate Professor John Ward, Clinical Lead, Greater Newcastle Cluster, Hunter New England Health District
Osteoporotic refracture prevention in NSW, Robyn Speerin, Network Manager, Musculoskeletal Network, Agency for Clinical Innovation
Most presentations were filmed and will be available on a CDROM, if you would like a copy please send an email to e.vance@neura.edu.au with details of your position, facility and mailing address.