Hosted in partnership between the CRE in the Prevention of Fall Related Injuries, The Australia New Zealand Falls Prevention Society and Injury Matters, this informative webinar introduced the newly released Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines (2025), developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. These comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines provide best practice recommendations for preventing falls in hospitals, residential aged care, and community care settings. This video offers an overview of the updated guidelines, their development and discuss their application across various care environments. Viewers will hear from contributors involved in the development of the guidelines and gain insights into person-centred strategies to reduce falls risk and support healthy ageing.
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We know how to prevent falls in older Australians, and save lives. So, why aren’t we?
In this new Croakey article, Prof Anne Tiedemann, A/Prof Jasmine Menant, Prof Kim Delbaere and Prof Cathie Sherrington write:
“We now need government leadership, sustained investment and coordinated action to prevent avoidable harm, and ensure all Australians can age with confidence, mobility and independence”.
Read about what needs to happen to ensure the new National Fall Prevention Guidelines create real change.
ANZFPS EMCR Webinar Series: Exploring Frailty: What is it and how does it impact on health?
Presented by the ANZFPS Early-Mid Career Researcher Sub-Committee
Presenters: Dr Benignus Logan and Sandeep Gupta
Friday 30 May
Links from the webinar:
– Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) – Worldwide Journal club
– The Asia-Pacific Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Frailty
– British Geriatrics Society – Fit for frailty
– Agency for Clinical Innovation – Frailty Taskforce
– Northern Sydney Frailty Initiative
– Intergenerational playgroups
Dr Benignus Logan is a specialist geriatrician in Brisbane. He is in the final stages of completing his PhD which has examined frailty and goals of care in older people living with chronic kidney disease. Benignus works with the Australian Frailty Network, and established Frailty Nexus as a community of practice for researchers and healthcare professionals with an interest in frailty. Benignus will present an introduction to frailty, including its prevalence, how to measure it and give us an overview of the current research on frailty being undertaken by the Australian Frailty Network (AFN).
Sandeep Gupta is the Head of Physiotherapy at Canterbury Hospital, Sydney. He has been the Co-chair of the Agency for Clinical Innovation’s Frailty Expert Advisory Group and a member of the Executive for the ACI’s Frailty Taskforce. Sandeep has a Masters by research, is actively engaged in research and is a co-author on six peer reviewed publication. Sandeep will present an overview of clinical applications of frailty, including interventions designed to improve the patient outcomes for people treated for frailty.
Less than a year to go until the 11th Biennial ANZFPS Conference
In the lead up to the conference the Early and Mid- Career Researchers (EMCR) committee will be interviewing each of the presenters as part of the ‘Meet the Speaker Series’.
Today we would like to introduce Prof Rich Masters. Rich is a Professor of Human Movement Psychology in Te Huataki Waiora School of Health at the University of Waikato, Health, Sport and Human Performance. Rich is interested in understanding psychological markers of the way in which people learn and perform movements, with particular emphasis on nonconscious, implicit, processes. His work crosses discipline boundaries into rehabilitation, surgery, speech sciences, movement disorders, ageing, sports sciences, psychology and developmental disorders and disabilities.
In this interview Rich discusses his research passion, some of the future challenges for fall prevention and a teaser for his upcoming presentation.
Please visit https://anzfpconference.com.au/ for more information and key dates in the lead up to the conference.
Announcing Invited Speakers for the 2025 Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society Conference
We are excited to announce a stellar line-up of International and National Speakers at our 2025 ANZFPS Conference in Sydney. We will be hearing about the research from our two International Keynote Speakers:
and from our Plenary Speakers:
– Prof Rich Masters, Waikato University, NZ
– Prof Pazit Levinger, National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne
– Dr Toby Ellmers, Imperial College London, UK
– Prof Lisa Keay, University of New South Wales, Sydney
– Prof Denise Taylor, Auckland University of Technology, NZ
– A/Prof Michele Callisaya, Monash University, Melbourne
– A/Prof Ruth Peters, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, Sydney
– Prof Cathy Said, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
– Prof Rebecca Ivers, University of New South Wales, Sydney
– Prof Alison Hutchinson, Deakin University, Geelong
Fragility Fracture Network European Regional Congress – tickets still available
Save the date! 11th Biennial Conference: 23-25 November, 2025, Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney, NSW
The Australia & New Zealand Fall Prevention Society are pleased to announce that the 11th Biennial Australia & New Zealand Fall Prevention Society Conference will be held at the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, NSW on the 23rd to 25th of November 2025.
We look forward to another memorable conference filled with high quality talks on fall prevention.
Australian Falls Guideline Recommendations and Good Practice Points – Now Available for Consultation
Dear ANZ Falls Prevention Society Members,
We are pleased to announce that the draft Recommendations and Good Practice Points from the Australian Fall Prevention Guidelines, prepared for the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care, are now available for consultation here.
Please send any feedback you may have to this email: anzfallsprevention@neura.edu.au by the 25th February 2024 c.o.b.
An interview with Dr Sue Dyer: Invited Speaker 2023 Joint Conference of the ANZ Falls Prevention Society & World Falls Congress
In the lead up to the 2023 Joint Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society & World Falls Congress, we chat with Dr Sue Dyer, one of the invited speakers. Sue is a Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University. She has worked as a researcher in both the public and private sector, with expertise in evidence-based medicine methodologies including health technology assessment, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and guideline development, particularly within the fields of geriatrics and diagnostic technologies.
Sue will be presenting on falls prevention in residential aged care: updated meta-analyses with novel analyses for complex interventions
An interview with Dr Hannah Seymour: Keynote Speaker 2023 Joint Conference of the ANZ Falls Prevention Society & World Falls Congress
In the lead up to the 2023 Joint Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society & World Falls Congress, we chat with Dr Hannah Seymour, one of the invited speakers. Hannah is the Medical Lead of the Electronic Medical Record Program Team, as well as a Consultant Geriatrician at the Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group. Hannah has worked in Acute Orthogeriatrics at Fiona Stanley Hospital since 2015 where she shares the care of older people with orthopaedic surgeons.
Hannah will be presenting at the conference on how technology can help us in caring for older people at risk of falls and fractures.