The NSW Fall Prevention and Healthy Ageing Online Rural Forum aims to showcase innovative programs and initiatives run which aim to prevent falls or improve the health of older people in rural LHDs.
Who should attend:
Clinicians, Managers, Private Healthcare Providers, Community Exercise Program Providers and Residential Aged Care Providers.
Keynote Speakers
- Kylie Jessop (Healthy North Coast) – Building Connected Communities for Healthy Ageing – Social Prescribing and Healthy Towns
- Dr Jennie Hewitt (Whiddon) – Live it UP – a game-changing exercise, nutrition and risk mitigation program to prevent falls in residential care
- A/Prof Kristy Robson (CSU) – Wellness 2 Age®: A person-centred approach to healthy ageing and falls prevention in rural communities
- James Biddle (LiveLife Alarms) – Putting the Australian Falls Prevention Guidelines (Community) into Practice
- Clinical Excellence Commission – Comprehensive care: beyond the hospital
- Prof Stephen Lord (NeuRA) – Research Update