26-28 November 2018
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Coogee, Sydney Australia
Author Archives: Daina Sturnieks
Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference 2018
Visit the website for the
8th Biennial Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference
to be held in 18-20 November 2018, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Tasmania
PD-SAFE multi-centre RCT: protocol, results and clinical implications
PD-SAFE multi-centre RCT: protocol, results and clinical implications
PD-SAFE is a physiotherapist-delivered, individually tailored, progressive home-based intervention for fall prevention in people with Parkinson’s disease.
Presented by Professor Ann Ashburn University of Southampton, United Kingdom
30 November, 10:30am – 12 Noon
Level 10 North, King George V Building
Missenden Rd Camperdown 2050
RSVP via email sph.workshops@sydney.edu.au
Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference
The Australian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN), Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP) and Federation University Australia will host the 13th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference at The Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre, Ballarat, Victoria, 13 – 15 November 2017.
Falls Facts (USA)
From the US National Council for Aging Care, Fact sheet: Falls – the biggest threat to senior health and safety
Registrations open for the ANZFPS and Motor Impairment Program Grant Balance Symposium
In collaboration with the NHMRC Program Grant into Motor Impairment (Led by Profs Lord, Gandevia, Herbert, Taylor), the ANZFPS are organising a focused symposium to showcase recent mechanistic and experimental studies to improve our understanding of balance control and falls in ageing and clinical groups. This meeting will be held at NeuRA in Sydney on Monday 4th December 2017. Register your interest here
7 news item on exercise for fall prevention
Anne Tiedemann talks exercise to prevent falls on 7 news
Announcing the ANZFPS and Motor Impairment Program Grant Balance Symposium
In collaboration with the NHMRC Program Grant into Motor Impairment (Led by Profs Lord, Gandevia, Herbert, Taylor), the ANZFPS are organising a focused symposium to showcase recent mechanistic and experimental studies to improve our understanding of balance control and falls in ageing and clinical groups. This meeting will be held at NeuRA in Sydney on Monday 4th December 2017. Stay tuned for more details to come.
Hip Fracture Care Clinical Standard
The Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society has reviewed and endorses the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard. For more information, visit the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
PhD scholarship opportunity
PhD scholarship at NeuRA and UNSW on “Task-Specific Brain Training to Improve Balance and Cognitive Function”: http://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/apply/scientia-phd-scholarships/task-specific-brain-training-improve-balance-and-cognitive-function.