2014 Events
Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society
6th Biennial Australasian Falls Prevention Conference, Sydney
NSW Falls Prevention Network MLHD Rural Forum Friday 17 October 2014
Presentations
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Leader NSW Falls Prevention Program Clinical Excellence Commission
State initiatives – driving change
Ma Anthea Temple, Project Officer, Aged Health Network, Agency for Clinical Innovation
Care of the Confused Hospitalised Older Persons (CHOPs) Project
Mr Gerard Meredith & Ms Claire Lawson, Wagga Wagga Health Service
Gerard’s Story
Dr Kim Delbaere, Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)
Understanding and managing fear of falling in older adults
Dr Jasmine Menant, Research Officer, Falls and Balance Research group, NeuRA
Falls prevention research update
Dr Esther Vance, Project Officer, NSW Falls Prevention Network, NeuRA
Falls prevention resources
Mr Phil Major, Acting Health Service Manager, Narrandera and Junee Health Service & Mr Nazmul Ahasan, Falls Prevention Coordinator MLHD
Falls prevention in MLHD – an update
Ms Belinda Scott, CNC Dementia, Nursing & Midwifery Directorate MLHD
Falls & Dementia
Mr Craig McColm, Deputy Nurse Manager, Leeton Health Service
Leeton fall prevention initiatives
Ms Carly Stepping On Coordinator, MLHD
Stepping On Program and the Aboriginal Population – Supporting Local Partnerships
NSW Falls Prevention Network Forum, Friday 23 May 2014
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).
Presentations
Plenary Session 1
Pam Albany Guest Lecture: Professor Jacqueline Close, Prince of Wales Hospital and Neuroscience Research Australia
Falls & injury prevention – reflections and projections
Professor Stephen Lord, Neuroscience Research Australia
Falls prevention research update – the roles of cognition, dual tasking and obesity in increasing fall risk and new exercise interventions
Plenary Session 2
Associate Professor Colleen Canning, The University of Sydney
Parkinson’s disease and falls prevention
Professor Cathie Sherrington, The George Institute for Global Health
Exercise prescription for falls prevention
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission
State initiatives – driving change
Ms Joanne Rowley, Coffs Harbour Health Campus
How did id happen? The patient’s perspective
Community Initiatives
Ms Amanda Doring, Heartmoves National Training Coordinator, YMCA Australia
Heartmoves falls prevention training and Heartmoves Program
Ms Judy Coates, HACC & Disabilities, Hunter New England LHD
G.A.N.E. – innovative and flexible
Nadia Williams, Royal Rehab Centre Ryde, and Mandy Meehan, Ryde SMHSOP
Stepping on with recovery
Christine Duffy, Rural and Remote Aged Care Services, and Shelley Moor, Falls Prevention Coordinator, Western NSW and Far West LHD
Aged Care Essentials
Glade Vyslysel, Westlakes Community Rehabilitation Team, Hunter New England LHD
Getting on your feet
Hospital Initiatives
Kelli Flowers and Meghan Spiteri, Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney LHD
Modifying the ward environment and falls champion
Zelka Popovic and Clare Drew, Westmead Hospital, Western Sydney LHD
5p’s proactive rounding
Kriatine Grainger, Macquarie Hospital, Northern Sydney LHD
Exercise interventions: key to falls prevention
Kylie Wright, Liverpool Hospital, South Western NSW LHD
Falls prevention strategies among acute Neurosurgical and Aged Care inpatients
Ann Bodill & Simone Smith, Wauchope District Hospital, Mid North Coast LHD
Aboriginal Allied Health Cadet Program
Jospehine Julian, Sutherland Hospital, South Eastern Sydney LHD
Referrals to falls prevention services in the emergency department
Concluding Session
Dr Nicola Fairhall, The University of Sydney
Focusing on the falling frail
Dr Lisa Keay, The George Institute for Global health and Lisa Middlemiss, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
A pilot study of the LiFE program for older people with vision impairment
Ms Judy Coates, HACC & Disabilities, Hunter New England LHD
The process of enablement, participation and engagement in falls prevention
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
Speaker: Carolyn DiGuiseppi, MD, MPH, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Community & Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver.
The CDROM recording of this presentation is available by sending an email to e.vance@neura.edu.au, with your position title, organisation, mailing address and how you will use the CDROM.