2012 Events
NSW Falls Prevention Network Forum, Friday June 1st 2012, Wesley Conference Centre
Forum CDs now available send an email to e.vance@neura.edu.au with your name, position, mailing address and how you will use the CD (eg staff education, personal use, share with colleagues)
Presentations
Plenary Session 1
Falls risk factors and fall prevention initiatives: A research update– Professor Stephen Lord, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia
Fall risk factors in Chinese older people: Implications for falls prevention – Ms Marcella Kwan, PhD candidate, Falls and Balance Research Group, Neuroscience Research Australia
From epidemiology to targeted interventions: A whistle stop tour of ongoing research – Associate Professor Jacqueline Close, Senior Staff Specialist in Geriatric Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospita and Director, Falls Injury Prevention Group, Neuroscience Research Australia
A simple screening tool can identify ED attendees at risk of future falls – Dr Anne Tiedemann, Research Fellow, Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health
Plenary Session 2
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: insights into their care – Dr Simon Chalkley, Geriatrician and Endocrinologist, Department of Aged Care, Prince of Wales Hospital and University of NSW
Working with the Aboriginal community – Mr Steve Ella, State Coordinator of NSW Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Traineeship Program
Peer Educators Health Promotion Program – Mr MD Habibullah, Coordinator, Ms Mary Prince, Peer Educator, Health Promotion Service for Older People, Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW (CPSA)
Plenary Session 3
Unlocking potential for engagement– Dr Sue Curtis and Mr Owen Curtis Ortran Self Management Solutions
To do or not to do that is the question (and challenge) – Sally Castell, Physical Activity Coordinator, Northern Sydney Health Promotion, Northern Sydney LHD
The curious enquirer – can we get the client’s Yes to exercise? – Margaret Daly, Occupational Therapy Dept, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney LHD
Motivating residential aged care residents to participate in exercise – Sharon Butler, Better Balance Leader, Anglican Retirement Villages
Enrolled Nurses take on Falls Prevention at Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service – Ms Joanne MacMillan, Aged Care/Dementia CNC, Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service
Games for health and wellbeing: Videogames as a Telehealth technology – Dr Stuart Smith, Senior Research Officer, Neuroscience Research Australia – available soon