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NSW FALLS PREVENTION NETWORK RURAL FORUM
Date: Thursday 26th March 2015
Time: 9.00 am to 3.00 pm
Venue: The Sebel Kirkton Park, 336 Oakey Creek Rd, Pokolbin, Hunter Valley
Image Courtesy of the Sebel Kirkton Park
Image Courtesy of Cessnock City Council
Image Courtesy of Patsy Bourke
Presenters
This forum will be opened by HNELHD Chief Executive, Mr Michael DiRienzo
Ms Lorraine Lovitt, Leader NSW Falls Prevention Program, Clinical Excellence Commission
Overview from the NSW Perspective
Dr Jasmine Menant, Research Officer, Falls and Balance Research Group, NeuRA
Falls Prevention Research update
Ms Trinidad Valenzuela, Exercise Physiologist and PhD candidate, NeuRA
Fear of falling
Ms Anthea Temple, Project Officer, Aged Health Network, Agency for Clinical Innovation
Care of the Confused Hospitalised Older Person (CHOPS) Program
Dr Esther Vance, Project Officer, NSW Falls Prevention Network, NeuRA
Resources for falls prevention
Ms Patsy Bourke, Falls Injury Prevention Coordinator, Hunter New England LHD
HNE Health Overview
HNE Health Speakers on local initiatives
Who should attend:
Allied Health, Nursing and
Medical Staff from Hospital,
Community and Residential
Aged Care Settings
To attend this FREE forum
please log on to HETI Online and
search for falls and complete
enrolment by 20th March 2015
For further information contact:
Patsy Bourke or Esther Vance