Falls Seminar - 21st February 2007

"PREVENTING BOUNCE BACK" -
TOWARDS INTERGRATED FALLS PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT

Background

Do you want to see the numbers of people attending ED as a result of a fall decrease? Read the evidence and examples of strategies that are effective in preventing the bounce back. Workshop with those in your region to see what can be done to increase referrals from ED to GP’s, Allied Health etc to manage and decrease Falls Risk.

The falls seminar was coordinated by Active Ageing Australia®, with funding from the South Australian Department of Health – Health Promotion Branch.

Target Audience

• ED, Community and Residential Aged Care staff

Objectives

• Encourage best practice falls prevention interventions in the community, residential care and acute care settings
• Increase awareness and understanding of falls prevention programs and activities in the community
• Build new partnerships to reduce falls in older people within and across jurisdictions

Find below the Timetable for the Falls Seminar 2007. Each Topic is linked to the Power Point Presentation used by the presenters as part of their topics.

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MORNING SESSION
8:15 - 8:45am	Registration
8:45 - 9:15am	"Welcome" Michele Herriot Director, Health Promotion Branch – Department of Health SA Michele has a background in health promotion research and policy at state and national levels.
9:15 - 10:05am	“Working towards integrated Falls Prevention and management – a Western Australian perspective” 627KB Andrea Lomman, Senior Policy Officer – Clinical Network Development Unit Clinical Policy and Programs, Department of Health WA She provides support to policy areas relating to the Clinical Networks and Falls Prevention. She has a Bachelor of Science, Occupational Therapy and a Post Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation and has worked both as a therapist in health services as well as a senior project officer.
MORNING TEA
10;45 - 11:00am	“A fall from grace” 588KB Dr Chris Bollen, Executive Director, Adelaide North East Division of General Practice, Modbury Chris graduated from the University of Adelaide with MBBS in 1987 and has been a General Practitioner at Ingle Farm, north east of Adelaide since 1990. He is also an AGPAL surveyor (accrediting general practices), Executive Director at Adelaide North East Division of General Practice, and Coordinator of GP Training at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
11:00 - 11:15am	“Transfer of information – a vital part of integrated Falls Prevention” 619KB Rosalind Wren, Occupational Therapist, Resthaven Community Services, Elizabeth Rosalind worked in the acute sector in geriatric and psycho-geriatric medicine and rehabilitation, before moving to Adelaide. For the last 10 years Rosalind has been working in Therapy Services for older adults in community settings, and has 20 years experience in aged care.
11:15 - 11:30am	“Preventing bounce back” 152 KB Deb Charlish, Emergency Department Discharge Coordinator and; Debbie McCarthy, Senior Social Worker, Emergency Department, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park The Coordinator’s role was introduced in July 2006 to facilitate good discharge planning, bridging the gap between the acute care sector and the community to prevent bounce back. Deb has 32 years of extensive nursing experience, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Critical Care and has spent the last 4 years working with Hospital @ Home at Flinders Medical Centre. Debbie coordinates a seven day service providing psycho social assessments to address crisis situations, hospital avoidance and trauma counselling for the patients in Emergency. Deb also provides education and debriefing for staff re critical incidence.
11:30 - 12:45pm	Workshop Facilitators: Ruth Brunt and Michele Sutherland (includes panel discussion)
12:45 - 1:00pm	Summary, Evaluation and Close