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Patient Safety Centre

Falls Injury Prevention Forum 2008

The Patient Safety Centre held it's Annual Falls Forum on the 1st August, 2008.  The theme for the forum was "New initiatives addressing Falls Injury Prevention".  Below is the program with links to the presentations.

 

Session Information   Speaker

Resource Co-Launch

Assoc Prof Maarten
Kamp
Queensland Health

Resource Co-Launch

Michael Tilse 
QueenslandHealth 

Exercise prescription across the settings &
update on the evidence

Cathie Sherrington
Senior Research Fellow
The George Institute for International Health
and The
University of Sydney 

ISAFE: a program initiative for falls & injury
prevention in the community

Stephanie Fu
The University of
Queensland

Home based exercise program for Falls
Prevention

Debra O'Connor & Linda Danvers
Queensland
Health

"Phasing Out Falls" at Ipswich Hospital

Falls Specialist Officer
Ipswich Hospital
Queensland
Health

Nutritional risk and falls in hospitals -
A call for greater recognition

Angela Vivanti
Queensland
Health 

 
Postprandial Hypotension in the Elderly 

Janette Bentham &
Lesley Kershaw
Queensland
Health 

Implementation pilot for enhancing
Queensland Health's response to falls
prevention in older people - 'Queensland
Stay On Your Feet ' -in community,
hospital and residential aged care facilities

Kate Smith, Jill Chegwidden, Collen Bichel
& Dianne
Leotta
Queensland
Health 

A Proactive Approach to Falls
Prevention in the Community Setting

Jodie North & 
Kerry
Akers
Queensland
Health 

Setting up a Falls Clinic:
How hard can it be?

Paul Bew
Queensland
Health 

Community Rehabilitation and the
Queensland Ambulance Service -
Team players to prevent falls
in the community

Tracy Comans
Queensland
Health 

Leading and collaborating on
community falls prevention in
Brisbane South

Megan Oakey &
Ngaire McGaw
Queensland
Health 

Falls and healthy ageing amongst
older Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Island people
dwelling in the
Logan community

Susan Pager
Griffith
University

Safe Footwear for Your Hospital Stay 

Alyssia Economidis
Queensland
Health 

Falls Data - Seeking Positive Change

Paula Love
Queensland
Health 

The development of a falls prevention program based on the No Falls exercise program

Ute Miskin
Beerwah Active
Physio

Falls Prevention Current Awareness
Service
 

Jane Simon
Queensland Health

Improving referral pathways for elders
presenting to RBWH emergency after
falling at home

Mary Fenn
Queensland Health

Successful collaborating to conduct
research into the effectiveness of a falls prevention initiative

Lisa Baxter
Queensland Health

Tai Chi for Falls Prevention

Rod Ferguson,
Australian Academy
of Tai Chi & Qigong

Are 'Non-Slip' Socks really Non-Slip?

Satyan Chari
Queensland Health
 

A partnership approach in Falls and Injury
Prevention: The Redcliffe Healthy Ageing
Partnership

Jacqui Pederson &
Vidya Gopinath
Queensland Health
 

 

Assoc Prof Maarten Kamp, Val French, Cathie Sherrington, Michael Tilse and Dr Paul Varghese at the Falls Injury Prevention Forum

 

Colleen Bichel, Jill Chegwidden and Dianne Leotta - Falls Safety Officers

 

Paul Bew, Queensland Health

 

Tai Chi exercise with participants from Falls Injury Prevention Forum

 

Speakers from Falls Injury Prevention Forum

 

Greg Johnston, Kate Smith, Phil Carswell, Chrissy Korostovetz and Dr Paul Varghese at the Annual Falls Injury Prevention Forum


Last Updated: 25 August 2008
Last Reviewed: 25 August 2008