Registration (Due September 30) Name ________________________________________ Contact no. ________________________________________ Registration: $200/person (Consultant) $ No charge for Advanced Trainee Australian and New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine (SA Division) Dinner Delegate (included) Attending? Yes or No Novotel Barossa Valley Resort, Barossa Valley October 11th-12th October 2014 Partner $65/person $ Please specify if any dietary requirements: …………………………………………………………………………………. Accommodation (Need to book by the 12th August to get corporate rate and ensure room availability) (Please refer to document attached on self-booking) Payment: 1. Cheques/Money Order: payable to Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine (ASGM SA Division) and send with registration form. 2. Direct Debit: ASGM account BSB105-139 Acct No: 0327 5634 0; please ensure that your name is stated in the description, print a copy of the receipt and send with registration form Post to: Dr Jo Rodwell, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Modbury Education Centre, Modbury Hospital, Smart Road, Modbury SA 5092 Or scan and email: [email protected] Falls and Fractures Program Saturday 11th of October 2014 1230 Arrival & check-in 1320 Welcome 1330 Advanced Trainee Presentations (x4) 1440 Afternoon Tea 1500 Professor Stephen Lord Risk taking, dual tasking, stepping and gait: recent findings from NeuRA fall risk factor and intervention studies Professor Jacqueline Close Jacqui Close is a consultant in Orthogeriatrics at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney and Director of the Falls and Injury Prevention Group at Neuroscience Research Australia. Her research interests range from injury epidemiology, to intervention studies and implementation research. She has published over 100 papers and her research is currently focused on injury prevention in dementia and hip fracture care. She sits on a number of State and National committees in relation to Aged Health, is the Co-Chair of the ANZ Hip Fracture Registry Steering Group and Chair of the ANZ Hip Fracture Guideline Group. 1600 Advanced Trainee Presentations (x4) 1700 Break 1830 Pre-dinner drinks 1900 Conference dinner—Tanunda Pines Golf Club Sunday 12th of October 2014 900 Professor Jacqui Close Hip Fracture Care in Australia - Guidelines, Standards of Care and Reality 1030 Morning Tea 1045 Dr Zbig Gieroba Professor Stephen Lord Professor Stephen Lord is a Senior Principal Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia. He has published over 300 papers in the areas of applied physiology, instability, falls and fractures in older people and is acknowledged as a leading international researcher in his field. His research follows two main themes: the identification of physiologi-cal risk factors for falls and the development and evaluation of falls prevention strategies. A key aspect of this research has been the design, implementation and evaluation of exercise programs for the general population of older people as well as for those identified as being at increased risk of falls, i.e. people with Parkinson’s disease, stroke, dementia and frailty. His methodology and approach to fall-risk assessment has been adopted by many researchers and clinicians across the world and he is actively engaged in initiatives aimed at implementing falls prevention evidence into policy and practice. Syncope 1150 Q&A 1200 Meeting Close Dr Zbigniew Gieroba Dr Gieroba has studied baroreflex and syncope since 1983, completing his PhD in 1989. In 1989 he arrived from Poland to Australia, invited by Professor Bill Blessing, to be involved in research funded by the Australian Heart Foundation. There he investigated central pathways involved in baroreflex. In 2003 he underwent training in the Syncope Clinic, Cardiovascular Investigation Unit, University of Newcastle, U.K. (with Professor Rose Anne Kenny). He was also involved in the research project “Head up tilt test is safe in all age groups”. In 2005 he helped establish the Syncope Clinic at the Repatriation General Hospital.