2018 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
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
Nola and Graham Tucker Interview
Staying Power- tips and tools to keep you on your feet, this book written by Lindy Clemson and Megan Swann gives practical and inspirational advice on how to remain independent and prevent falls through a combination of exercise and a healthy active approach. It is available from Sydney University Press. Cost $A29.95 plus postage To order: Phone: 02 9036 9958 or Fax: 02 9114 0620 – email: sales@sup.usyd.edu.au
2018 WEBINARS
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
Tuesday 24th July, 1-1.45 pm Dr Jasmine Menant
Dizziness and falls
Webinar slides
Webinar recording
Q & A and links
NSW FALLS PREVENTION NETWORK FORUM 2018
FRIDAY 11TH MAY, WESLEY CONFERENCE CENTRE
PRESENTATIONS
PLENARY 1 PRESENTATIONS
Pam Albany Guest Lecture
Professor Ian Cameron, John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation, Kolling Institute, The University of Sydney
Frailty and falls
FIT Trial paper
Cameron video
Professor Cathie Sherrington, Head, Ageing and Physical Disability Program, Musculoskeletal Health Sydney, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Falls prevention research update
Sherrington video
Plenary 1 Questions and Answers video
PLENARY 2 PRESENTATIONS
Professor Susan Kurrle, Curran Professor of Health Care for Older People, Director NHMRC Partnerships Centre on Cognitive Decline, Hirnsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Sarcopaenia, nutrition and falls
Kurrle video
Associate Professor Vasi Naganathan, Consultant Geriatrician, Concord Hospital, Centre fro Education and Research on Ageing, The University of Sydney
Falls in Older Men
Naganathan video
Ms Anne Kalra, Team Leader, Health and Wellbeing Independent Living, Uniting Retirement Villages NSW & ACT
Falls – not a normal part of ageing: building sustainability into strength and balance programs
Kalra video
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Lead NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission
Leading Better Value Care – Falls in Hospital
Lovitt video
Plenary 2 Question and Answer video
ACUTE/SUB-ACUTE CARE INITIATIVES
Ms Penny Claxton, NUM, Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals, South Western Sydney LHD
Nursing Executive Leader falls review
Ms Tracy Heath, NUM & Ms Jennifer Phillips, A/CNE, Campbelltown Hospital, South Western Sydney LHD
Pre-fall Safety Huddles
Ms Cathy Taylor, NUM, Rankin Park Centre, John Hunter Hospital, Hunter New England LHD
Falls reduction in a subacute rehabilitation ward: our 5 year journey
Mr Duncan McKechnie, CNC, Brain Injury Centre, Royal Rehabilitation, Northern Sydney LHD
Development of the Sydney Falls Risk Screening Tool: Phase 2
Ms Megan Swann, Occupational Therapist, Prince of Wales Hospital, South Eastern Sydney LHD
POWH Falls Pathway for Older People
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
Associate Professor Anne Tiedemann, Career Development Fellow, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney
Long-term falls prevention behaviour after participation in the Stepping On program
Tiedemann video
Ms Lisa Dillon & Ms Metaxia Tsoukatos, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Delivering an exercise-based falls prevention program to people aged 50+ with vision impairment
Dillon & Tsoukatos video
Mr Theeban Rubasingham & Mr Ahilan St George, Directors & Co-Founders, Vitality Club
Community programs and minimising frailty in older people
Rubasingham & St George video
Ms Kim Nicholson, Physiotherapist, Anglicare
Community programs utilising Commonwealth funding
Nicholson video
Ms Josephine Mortimer, Occupational Therapist, CORE Community Services
Using the FROP-Com screen as a tool to inform and evaluate goals of OT intervention within a Home Modification Service
Mortimer video
COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTIAL CARE INITIATIVES
Ms Jan Locke, Volunteer Exercise Leader & Ms Carly Barnes, Physical Activity Program Leader, Murrumbidgee LHD
Community Exercise Programs – A volunteer’s perspective (unavailable as video only)
Ms Geraldine Wallbank, Postgraduate Student, Musculloskeletal Health Sydney, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Active Women over 50
Ms Jenny Preece, Network Manager, Rural Health Network, Agency for Clinical Innovation
Residents living well in MPS – not hospital but home
Ms Jenny Hewitt, Positive Living Coordinator, Feros Care, PhD Candidate, The University of Sydney
Exercise for the prevention of falls in residential aged care – the results of the Sunbeam Trial
Ms Carla Sunner, CNS ASET, John Hunter Hospital Emergency Department, Hunter New England LHD
Telehealth with RACFs: Closing the gap with acute and community
NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS
Ms Erika Pliner, Visiting Research Assistant, PhD Candidate, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre NeuRA
Investigating mechanisms of fall risk during everyday tasks on ladders
Pliner video
Professor Cathie Sherrington,Head, Ageing and Physical Disability Program, Musculoskeletal Health Sydney, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Safely improving mobility in high risk groups: results of the RESTORE and AMOUNT Trials
Sherrington video
Ms Sallie Cairnduff, Senior Project Manager, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney
The Ironbark Trial: a cluster randomised control trial of a fall prevention program for older Aboriginal people
Cairnduff video
NSW FALLS PREVENTION NETWORK RURAL FORUM
THURSDAY 8TH MARCH, Charles Sturt University, Convention Centre, Wagga Wagga
Flyer
Final Program
Presentation PDFs
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Lead, NSW Falls Prevention program, Clinical Excellence Commission
Leading Better Value Care – Falls in Hospital
Professor Paul Finucane,Senior Staff Specialist Geriatrician, MLHD
Dementia, Delirium and falls
Ms Danielle Kennedy, Aged Care Nurse Practitioner, MLHD
Minimising the falls risk in the cognitively impaired
Ms Sheree Morris, Acting Dietitian in Charge, Wagga Wagga Health Service
Nutrition and falls
Associate Professor Kim Delbaere, Principal Research Scientist, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
How feeling confident on your feet reduces falls
Dr Jasmine Menant, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Falls prevention research update
Ms Annie Williams, Manager, Innovation, LBVC & Clinical Redesign, MLHD
LBVC Program management in MLHD
Dr Kristy Robson, Lecturer in Podiatry, Charles Sturt University and Mr Nazmul Ahasan, Falls Prevention Coordinator, Murrumbidgee LHD
Stepping On in the MLHD: Is it a gateway for older people to increase confidence and motivation for long term physical activity
