SHARE THE CARE - PREVENT A FALLPLENARY SESSIONSWesley Theatre
CONCURRENT SESSIONSAcute/Subacute Care - The LyceumDementia Care update - Smith RoomExercise update - Wesley Theatre
NSW FALLS PREVENTION NETWORK FORUM PROGRAMFriday 20 May 2016Wesley Conference Centre
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NSW FALLS PREVENTION NETWORKThe NSW Falls Prevention Network has existed since 1993.
Purpose The purpose of the NSW Falls Prevention Network is to:
1. Support networking of people and organisations working to prevent falls and harm from falls among older people in NSW (for example, health professionals, government, community and residential aged care providers, non-government organisations and researchers).
2. Support sharing of falls prevention resources and initiatives developed by Network members and exploration of opportunities to undertake collaborative projects and/or combine resources in joint initiatives.
3. Support access to and dissemination of information on local and international falls prevention research findings, policy and practice initiatives, tools and resources.
4. Support the communication and implementation of the NSW Ministry of Health Falls Prevention Policy through Network activities.
5. Ensure the Network remains valued, respected and responsive to the needs of current and potential members and key stakeholders.
6. Promote prevention of falls among older people as a key health issue.
Goals• Contribute towards falls prevention and reduction in the incidence of preventable falls injuries among
older people across New South Wales.• Support consultation, cooperation and liaison between services, facilities and all key stakeholders.• Support key falls prevention priorities for NSW and provide information and resources to support
strategies for implementation. • Promote and disseminate research activities in relation to falls injury prevention.
Plenary Presentations at this forum will be filmed and a DVD produced. This will be distributed following the forum, and you will be notified by the NSW Falls Prevention Network website and email list.
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Exhibitors
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mobile pedorthicsWalking
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8.30 am REGISTRATION/ARRIVAL TEA/COFFEE
9.00 am OPENING SESSIONChairperson: Professor Stephen Lord, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, NeuRAWELCOME TO COUNTRYMs Millie Ingram, Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care Program
9.10 am OPENINGMs Carrie Marr, Chief Executive, Clinical Excellence Commission
9.20 am - 10.30 am PLENARY SESSION 1Chairperson: Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Leader, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC)
9.20 am Pam Albany Guest LectureExercise for falls prevention: evidence update and implementation challengesProfessor Cathie Sherrington, Professorial Research Fellow and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, The George Insitute for Global Health, and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney
9.50 am Falls Prevention research update - medications for fall prevention, vitamin D – friend or foe, gait adaptability and systematic review evidence for step training as a fall prevention strategyProfessor Stephen Lord, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)
10.20 am Question Time
10.30 am MORNING TEA AND TRADE EXHIBITS
11.00 am - 12.40 pm PLENARY SESSION 2Chairperson: Professor Cathie Sherrington, The George Institute for Global Health
11.00 am Fall-related injury in people with dementiaDr Lara Harvey, NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
11.30 am Dementia Collaborative Research ProjectsProfessor Susan Kurrle, Geriatrician, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital and Curran Chair in Health Care of Older people, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
12.00 noon Overview of April Falls Day®/Month activitiesMs Lorraine Lovitt, Leader, and Ms Ingrid Huchinson, Project Officer, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission
12.30 pm Question Time
12.40 pm LUNCH AND TRADE EXHIBITS
NSW FALLS PREVENTION NETWORK FORUM Friday 20 May
Wesley Conference CentrePROGRAM
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1.30 pm - 3.00pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1.30 pm A. ACUTE/SUBACUTE CARE THE LYCEUM
Chairperson: Ms Anthea Temple, Manager, Acute Care Taskforce, Agency for Clinical Innovation
B. DEMENTIA CARE UPDATESMITH ROOM
Chairperson: Ms Sharon Butler, Better Balance Leader, Anglican Retirement Villages
C. EXERCISE UPDATEWESLEY THEATRE
Chairperson: Ms Jayne James, Manager, Healthy Ageing Programs, Prince of Wales Community Health
1.30 pm The EPIC Project, Nursing Clinical Handover: a best-practice implementation projectMs Kylie Wright, Quality and Accreditation Manager, Liverpool Hospital
‘Falls prevention outside the box’ Creative interventions for people living with dementiaMs Jacqueline Wesson, Occupational Therapist, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
The Ironbark fall prevention program for older Aboriginal people: initial outcomesMs Caroline Lukaszyk, Project Manager & Ms Julieann Coombes, Aboriginal Research Officer, The George Institute for Global Health
1.50 pm The effect of an ASET intervention on length of stay and re-presentation to the EDMr Andrew Wong, Physiotherapist and Ms Pauline Vueti, ASET CNC, Fairfield Hospital
Home-based exercise improves balance in older people with dementiaDr Morag Taylor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Falls, Balance & Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Exercise for falls prevention in residential aged careMs Jennie Hewitt, Physiotherapist, Positive Living Coordinator, Feros Residential Care
2.10 pm Falls Monitoring: maintaining safe environments Dr Joanne Rowley, Senior Lecturer- MNCLHD CNC Research, School of Health & Human Sciences, Southern Cross University
Volunteer dementia and delirium care: from strength to strengthMs Catherine Bateman, Project Officer, Aged Health Network, Agency for Clinical Innovation
Falls prevention: a positive effect of the Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP) Mr Matthew Williams OACCP Coordinator, RNSH & Ms Danella Hackett, OACCP Coordinator, Fairfield Hospital
2.30 pm CHOPs at COFFS: Redesigning Cognitive Care to prevent fallsMs Karen Longworth, CHOPs Program Lead, Coffs Harbour Health Campus
Imroving delirium risk screening and assessment in Aged Care UnitsMs Vicki Deane, CNC, Acute Aged Care Units, Liverpool Hospital
TOP 5 Phase 2Ms Anne Axam, Program Manager, Clinical Excellence Commission
Investing in community falls prevention strategies: an integrated approachMs Niccola Follett, Falls Prevention Coordinator, Southern NSW LHD
2.50 pm Question and discussion time Question and discussion time Question and discussion time
3.00 pm - 4.00 pm
CONCLUDING SESSION - Overview of new research projects, Wesley TheatreChairperson: Professor Stephen Lord, NeuRA
3.00 pm Combining physical activity promotion and fall prevention for healthy ageing : The CHAnGE trialDr Anne Tiedemann, NHMRC Career Development Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health
3.15 pm EU-FP7 project, iStoppFalls- homebased exergames to prevent falls in older peopleDr Kim Delbaere, Research Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
3.30 pm The iSOLVE project, establishing pathways to implement and sustain evidence based fall prevention in primary care: Developing decision tools and primary care resourcesProfessor Lindy Clemson, Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit, The University of Sydney
3.45 pm Question Time
4.00 pm CLOSE OF FORUM
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PLENARY SPEAKER ABSTRACTS AND BIOGRAPHIESPLENARY SESSION 1Pam Albany Guest Lecture - this lecture honours the late Pam Albany, a passionate advocate for accident and injury prevention in her various work roles. She was the key facilitator for promoting evidence-based practice through the NSW Falls Policy and NSW Falls Prevention Program and Network.
The 2016 Pam Albany Guest Lecturer is Professor Cathie Sherrington, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global HealthExercise for falls prevention: evidence update and implementation challengesPrevious meta-analyses have found that exercise can prevent falls in older people. This presentation will present a recently updated analysis that aimed to test whether this effect is still present when new trials are added and to explore whether certain characteristics of the trial design, sample or intervention are associated with greater fall prevention effects. The poor participation of older adults in exercise programs likely to prevent falls and strategies to address this will also be discussed.
Professor Cathie Sherrington is a Professorial Research Fellow and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney. She leads the 18-person Ageing and Disability Research Group within the Institute’s Musculoskeletal Division. Her research focuses on falls prevention and exercise interventions in older people and those with disability. She has published 160 journal articles, has received over $15 million in competitive grant funding and was one of the initiators of PEDro: the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. Prior to completing a PhD and Masters of Public Heath, Cathie was a physiotherapist in aged care and rehabilitation settings.
Contact email: [email protected]
Professor Stephen Lord, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia Falls Prevention research update – medications for fall prevention, vitamin D – friend or foe, gait adaptability and systematic review evidence for step training as a fall prevention strategy
This presentation will review recent studies on fall risk factors and fall prevention. Topics from recent studies and reviews that will be discussed will include:
• summaries of two recent randomised controlled trials that have examined the efficacy of medications for reducing fall risk in fail older people and people with Parkinson’s disease
• an update on the evidence for the role of vitamin D in fall prevention
• description of a new test of gait adaptability that measures ability to avoid everyday falls
• a summary of a recent systematic review of the effectiveness of voluntary and reactive step training interventions for preventing falls
• best-bet interventions for preventing falls based on randomised controlled trials; an update of systematic review evidence.
Professor Stephen Lord is a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow in the Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre at Neuroscience Research Australia. He has published over 300 papers in the areas of applied physiology, instability, falls and fractures in older people and is acknowledged as a leading international researcher in his field. His research follows two main themes: the identification of physiological risk factors for falls and the development and evaluation of falls prevention strategies. A key aspect of this research has been the design, implementation and evaluation of exercise programs for the general population of older people as well as for those identified as being at increased risk of falls, i.e. people with Parkinson’s disease, stroke, dementia and frailty. His methodology and approach to fall-risk assessment has been adopted by many researchers and clinicians across the world and he is actively engaged in initiatives aimed at implementing falls prevention evidence into policy and practice.
Contact email: [email protected]
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PLENARY SESSION 2Dr Lara Harvey, NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRAFall related injury in people with dementiaPeople with dementia have higher hospitalisation rates than those of similar age without dementia, and injury (predominantly fall-related injury) is the most common cause of hospitalisation for people with dementia. Despite this relatively little is known about the hospitalisation experience of people with dementia who sustain a fall. This presentation will explore the impact of dementia on the pattern, clinical care, health outcomes and economic costs of older people who are hospitalised for a fall-related injury.
Dr Lara Harvey is a NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow in the Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre at NeuRA. Lara is an injury epidemiologist and her research areas of interest include population-based trends in injury and the evaluation of population-based policies and regulations/legislation. Lara’s current focus is on exploring the influence of dementia on hospitalisations and health outcomes for people who have sustained a fall-related injury.
Contact email: [email protected]
Professor Susan Kurrle, Geriatrician, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital and Curran Chair in Health Care of Older People, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney. Dementia Collaborative Research ProjectsThe NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre is a 5 year, $25 million collaborative project between consumers, aged care providers, clinicians, and researchers. Its major objectives are implementation of current knowledge and synthesis and dissemination of research related to cognitive and related functional decline. This presentation outlines the work of the Partnership Centre with particular emphasis on work related to falls and functional decline.
Professor Susan Kurrle is a Geriatrician at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital in Northern Sydney and Batemans Bay Hospital in Southern NSW, and she holds the Curran Chair in Health Care of Older People in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. She has had a long interest and involvement in practice and research in prevention of falls and fall-related injuries, in the use of exercise to improve fitness and prevent frailty, and in dementia. She leads the NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre which has a number of projects addressing functional decline and falls in dementia.
Contact email: [email protected]
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Leader & Ms Ingrid Hutchinson, Project Officer, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission Overview of April Falls Day®/Month activities
This presentation will present an overview of April Falls Day®/Month activities and announce the winner of the April Falls Competition.
Ms Lorraine Lovitt is the Leader of the NSW Falls Prevention Program at the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC). The CEC has a key role in building capacity for quality and safety improvement in health services in NSW. Lorraine is supporting NSW Falls Coordinators and Local Health Districts in the implementation of the NSW Ministry of Health Falls policy: Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls among older people and the implementation of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards: Standard 10: Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls. Lorraine has a nursing background with considerable experience in aged care (management, consultation and co-ordination) both in community and acute care settings. Conatct email: [email protected]
Ms Ingrid Hutchinson is the Project Officer for the NSW Falls Prevention Program at the Clinical Excellence Commission. She co-ordinates a variety of State wide projects in Falls Prevention and supports Local Health District Falls Prevention Coordinators in NSW. Ingrid has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Nutrition) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Health PromotionContact: [email protected]
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RESOURCES
NSW Falls Prevention Network
fallsnetwork.neura.edu.au follow us on twitter @NSWFallsNetworkNew sections have been added to the NSW Falls Prevention Network website, these include:
• Dementia Care
• Falls Statistics
• Mini-reviews
• SafetyLit Falls Prevention Abstracts
Please email suggestions for other resources to include on the website to: [email protected]
Community Care Resources
http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/programs/fallsprevention/resources-communityThe CEC NSW Falls Prevention Program has a range of tools to assist Community Care Settings to meet the National Safety and Quality Health Services Standards (NSQHSS) Standard 10: Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls. These include the FROP-COM falls risk screen, a falls prevention flowchart to guide care actions following the FROP-COM screen and a post fall guide. Further resources will be added shortly.
CONFERENCE
http://www.anzfpconference.com.auThe 7th Biennial Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference (ANZFP) will be held at the Melbourne Park Function Centre (part of the Melbourne & Olympic Parks precinct) in Melbourne, Victoria, from the 27th - 29th November 2016 and is an initiative of the Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society (ANZFPS). The theme for the Conference is Melbourne 2016: The Grand Slam of Falls Prevention. Abstract submissions are now open.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank:NSW Ministry of Health for funding the NSW Falls Prevention NetworkNSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission NSW Local Health District Falls Prevention CoordinatorsStaff from the Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)Photography: Ms Jessica Lindsay
Exhibitors: Active Mobility, Agency for Clinical Innovation, Alzheimer’s Australia NSW, Arthritis and Osteoporosis NSW, Avant Innovations, Dimension Data, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, Happy Walking Mobile Pedorthics, Invisa-Beam International, Macular Disease Foundation Australia, Medical Industries Australia, Parkinson’s NSW, Prima Health Solutions, Safety and Mobility, Statina Healthcare Australia, Vision Australia
NSW Falls Prevention Network Advisory Committee 2016 membership: Professor Stephen Lord, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Falls, Balance & Injury Research Centre, NeuRADr Esther Vance, Project Officer, NSW Falls Prevention Network, NeuRAMs Lorraine Lovitt (chair), Leader, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence CommissionMs Ingrid Hutchinson, Project Officer, NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence CommissionMs Annabel Priddis, Senior Policy Officer, Strategic & Regulatory Policy Unit, Centre for Population Health, MoHMs Mandy Meehan, Occupational Therapist, SMHSOP Ryde, Northern Sydney LHDMs Jayne James, Manager, Healthy Ageing Programs, POW Community Health, South Eastern Sydney LHDMs Amy Maitland, Senior Physiotherapist, PACC, Hospital in the Home, Western Sydney LHDMs Clare Drew, CNC, Dementia/Delirium Aged Care, Westmead Hospital, Western Sydney LHDDr Tai-Tak Wan, Medical Director, Ambulatory Care, Fairfield Hospital, South Western Sydney LHDMs Regina McDonald, Area CNC, SMHSOP, South Western Sydney & Sydney LHDsMs Kim Maddock, Acting Nurse Manager, Chronic & Aged Care, Nepean Hospital, Nepean Blue Mountains LHDMs Judy Coates, Senior Physiotherapist, HACC & Disabilities, Hunter New England LHDMs Kelly Meacham, Physiotherapist, Port Macquarie Community Health Centre, Mid North Coast LHDMs Natalie McDermott, Health Promotion Officer, Wagga Wagga Community Health, Murrumbidgee LHDMs Alison Stoker, NUM, Aged Care Warren MPHS, Western NSW LHDMs Kathryn Wallace, CNE, Broken Hill Hospital, Far West LHDMs Anthea Temple, Manager, Acute Care Taskfiorce, Agency for Clinical InnovationMr Peter Cribbs, Extended Care Paramedic Educator, NSW AmbulanceMs Sharon Butler, Physiotherapist & Leader, Better Balance Program, Anglican Retirement VillagesMs Barbara Ward, President, SHARE
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