3rd Biennial National Falls Prevention Summit

Research and practical case studies for falls prevention in hospital, residential aged care and community settings

Topics to be addressed:

• Falls prevention in the acute hospital setting: Overview of the 6-PACK project
• In-hospital fall injuries: Where, when and how do they occur?
• My 6-PACK: Facilitating a culture change in falls prevention
• Falls Prevention and Wellbeing Program: Something different?
• Raising the profile of fall injury prevention
• Falls prevention knowledge for community-dwelling people living with dementia
• Fear of falling: Does it increase hospital length of stay?
• COTA SA's 2 tier category system for Strength for Life (SFL)
• Exercise for falls prevention in residential aged care
• Development of a falls prevention framework for Bethanie Residential Aged Care
• Does podiatry have a role in falls prevention?
• Medication management and falls in the elderly
• Falls prevention in remote aboriginal communities

Featuring presentations from:

• Anna Barker, The CREPS, Monash University
• Renata Morello, The CREPS, Monash University
• Jeanette Richards, COTA SA
• Prof Hylton Menz, La Trobe University
• Kathy Marshall, Eastern Health (PJC)
• Emma Davies, Eastern Health (PJC)
• Tracy Nowicki, The Prince Charles Hospital
• Stephanie Gettens, The Prince Charles Hospital
• Jennie Hewitt, The University of Sydney
• Claudia Meyer, La Trobe National Ageing Research Institute
• Grzegorz Tomczak, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
• Felicity Beaulieu, The Bethanie Group
• Solange Rousset, WA Country Health Service
• Tony Petta, North Metropolitan Area Health Service, WA
• Paul Hannan, Meditrax

Endorsed by

This conference is endorsed by APEC No 090810001 as authorised by Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) according to approved criteria. Attendance attracts 11 RCNA CNE points as part of the RCNA's Life Long Learning Program (3LP).