Members are invited to attend the ANZFPS Annual General Meeting, Tuesday 20 November, 12.30pm – 1.15pm in the Grand Ballroom, Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart.
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Promoting physical activity for older people
The Conversation recently published an important message on exercise for older people. Read it here.
ANZFPS 2018 Conference Program
Download the updated Hobart Conference program here.
Ladder fall risk
Channel 7 News recently featured NeuRA research on ladder fall risk. Watch here.
Channel 9 News story on falls
Recent Channel 9 news story on falls; the evidence and an older person’s perspective (feat. our Society President).
First International Motor Impairment Conference
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