The NSW Fall Prevention & Healthy Ageing Network Annual forum provides an opportunity to learn about the latest on fall prevention. Listen to experts in their fields provide an overview of recent fall prevention research, quality improvement in residential aged care and fall prevention in hospitals and emergency care.

In-person tickets will also include access to the live-stream on the day in the event you cannot attend. Live stream includes all plenary sessions, the afternoon split sessions and the afternoon research update and panel session.

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Abstract submission and rural travel grant applications now closed, outcomes will be released shortly.

Plenary Speakers Include:

	Pam Albany Guest Lecture: Optimising medications to minimise falls Professor Sarah Hilmer, Conjoint Professor of Geriatric Pharmacology Medicine, USYD, Northern Clinical School
	Telephone physical activity coaching in populations with walking limitations Dr Louise Pearce, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health
	Concerns about Falling in Older Adults: Current Evidence and Insights Dr Mae Lim, Research Fellow, The George Institute and Neuroscience Research Australia
	Not Just Confusion: Delirium as a Falls Prevention Target Dr Anita Nitchingham, Geriatrician, Prince of Wales Hospital
	What's happening out West? Insight into WA's Stay On Your Feet® program Roisin Sweeney, General Manager – Injury Prevention, Injury Matters (WA)
	Research Update Assoc Prof Daina Sturnieks, Associate Professor in Anatomy, UNSW and Conjoint Senior Research Scientist, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

Dedicated lunch-time poster session

Abstract submissions will have the option of an oral or poster presentation. A dedicated poster presentation will take place during the lunch break.

Afternoon concurrent sessions include:

Best practice fall prevention programs within the hospitals

A range of presentations focusing on quality improvement in the hospital system to prevent falls will be given. This session aims to show how falls can be prevented in the hospital and highlight key issues that have arisen within different hospitals across the state.

Community Settings

This session will provide an insight into the prescription of exercise for older people in community and hospital outpatient settings, including practical skills for designing and delivering exercise programs for fall prevention.

Residential and Community Aged Care

This session will highlight programs and initiatives implemented by Residential and Community Aged Care providers to help their clients stay healthy and active.

Research Update and Panel Session

An afternoon session providing an overview of the latest research updates for fall prevention. This will be followed by a panel including plenary speakers discussing how we can best bring evidence-based research into clinical practice.

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