Recordings now available!
Save the date for #FallsForum25 – Friday, 2nd May 2024
The NSW Fall Prevention & Healthy Ageing Network Annual Forum provides a fantastic opportunity to come together and learn about the latest on fall prevention and healthy ageing. Listen to experts in their field provide an overview of the latest research, advocacy, quality improvement and fall prevention in residential aged care and hospital, and community program initiatives.
This forum also provides a fabulous opportunity to network, exchange ideas and learn from each other.
Morning Sessions
Opening Address
Professor Jacqueline Close, Geriatrician – Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney and Clinical Director of the Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Questions and Answers from slido:
Preventing falls in community dwelling populations: new approaches
Professor Sallie Lamb, Department of Public Health and Sports Science, Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter
2024 Australian Fall Prevention Guidelines
Dr Jasmine Menant, Senior Research Scientist, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Pam Albany Guest Lecture: Feet, footwear, and falls in older people
Professor Hylton Menz, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University
Improving food quality reduces falls and fractures in older adults in aged care
Dr Sandra Iuliano, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne
Falls prevention in people with Parkinson’s disease
Assoc/Professor Natalie Allen, Senior Lecturer, Program Director, The University of Sydney
Afternoon Sessions
Hospital Care – time stamps for specific talks available in video description when viewing in Youtube
Community – time stamps for specific talks in available video description when viewing in Youtube
Aged Care – time stamps for specific talks in available video description when viewing in Youtube
Research Update and Panel Discussion – time stamps available in video description when viewing in Youtube
Professor Cathie Sherrington, Senior Principal Research Fellow, NHMRC Leadership Fellow, The University of Sydney
Program:
To revisit the 2023 Annual Forum, click here.
