Seminars and Events

Exercise To Prevent Falls in Older Adults

Date: Saturday 7th March 2020

Time: 9am – 5pm

Location: NeuRA – 139 Barker st, Randwick NSW 2031

Who is this course for? 

For fitness leaders working with older adults. This workshop will help you tailor exercise programs for falls prevention.

About this course:

CECs: 6

This continuing education program will equip Fitness Professionals with important information to guide the provision of appropriate falls prevention physical activity and exercise programs for older people. Topics to be covered include the social and economic issues of falls, risk factors for falls, physiological consequences of ageing, biomechanical and physiological principles of balance, and effective falls prevention strategies.

In undertaking the program, participants will be trained to develop safe and efficacious community exercise programs for older adults that are designed in a manner to maximise uptake and adherence of those populations who stand to most benefit from exercise. Through structured learning tasks across a number of different learning formats, participants will acquire the knowledge and ability to identify, develop, demonstrate and implement evidence-based exercise interventions designed to enhance physical and functional capacity and prevent falls and fall related injury.

This workshop includes: 

-An overview of the issue of falls in older people

-Understanding balance and ageing

-Evidence-based fall prevention interventions

-Developing fall prevention programs

Ticket cost:

$150 including tax, lunch and refreshments. Places are limited.

For further information contact Natassia Smith: n.smith@neura.edu.au

Presenters:

Dr Daina Sturnieks (Neuroscience Research Australia, UNSW Medicine) –

Dr Sturnieks has a PhD in human biomechanics (UWA). She is Laboratory Manager for the Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre at NeuRA including a new state-of-the-art Balance and Gait Analysis Laboratory. Her research focuses on understanding biomechanical, sensorimotor and neurocognitive contributions to balance and falls in older people and clinical groups, and randomised controlled trials of novel interventions to prevent falls involving balance, stepping and cognitive training. Dr Sturnieks is active in translating research findings into community, aged care and hospital settings and is Executive Board Member of the Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society.

Sally Castell (Movement Matters) – 

Sally Castell who is the owner and manager of Movement Matters has a physiotherapy, recreational therapy, health promotion and community education background and is a registered fitness leader. She has over 40 years of experience in the health / fitness industry having worked in hospitals, rehabilitation centres, sports clinics, community facilities and retirement centres. Sally is now focusing her expertise and energy to provide support to the older adult with a variety of appropriate exercise programs and resources to suit individual needs and abilities.

Ms Natassia Smith (Neuroscience Research Australia) –

Natassia Smith is a  Research Assistant at Neuroscience Research Australia, working in Dr Daina Sturneiks team at the Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre.

For more information contact Natassia Smith: n.smith@neura.edu.au

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We’ve assembled arguably one of the finest list of speakers to present in Australia within the vestibular rehabilitation field. International speakers including Prof Sue Whitney (University of Pittsburgh) and Prof Michael Schubert (The Johns Hopkins University), as well as home grown leaders with Prof Americo Migliaccio and Prof Stephen Lord. The conference is focussed on translating the latest research, much of which is undertaken by the presenters themselves, into usable clinical applications for better patient outcomes.

We have packed in many of the topics in 2.5 days that are frequently requested including advances in VOR adaptation, balance and gait, BPPV and concussion. Additionally we have added a post-conference workshop on vestibular testing, interpretations and case-studies.

Dates:

Friday 22 May, 9am-6pm

Saturday 23 May, 9am-6pm

Sunday 24 May, 9am-1pm & Workshop 2pm-5pm

Location:

NeuRA (Neuroscience Research Australia), 139 Barker Street, Randwick, Sydney NSW 2031 – see Map below

Conference Topics

• Advances in Vor Adaption 
• Advances in Gait & Balance Rehabilitation 
• Advance in BPPV Management 
• Central Vestibular Conditions & Concussions 

Conference Speakers

Prof Susan Whitney (U.Pittsburgh) 

Prof Michael Schubert (John Hopkins) 

Prof Americo Migliacio (NeuRA) 

Prof Stephen Lord (NeuRA)

& more  

Registration Fee

• A limited number of 50% discount tickets are available for NeuRA staff and students. Please email Carlo Rinaudo at c.rinaudo@neura.edu.au for discount code  
• Early bird pricing valid only until April 3, or sold out earlier with limited tickets available

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The NeuRA Seminar Series aims to provide the opportunity to listen to interesting and leading research across all fields of neuroscience.

Presenters will include a mix of NeuRA-based scientists, as well as invited presentations from external domestic and international scientific experts.

The presentations are held every Friday at 12 noon, in the Level 3 John and Betty Lynch Seminar Room. The presentations aim to run for one hour.

If you are interested in attending these seminars and wish to be added to the regular email mailing list, please fill out the form.

These seminars will now be presented so you can enjoy them via the internet using ZOOM, the link needed to join will be provided each week in the email.

Primary contacts

Dr Justine Gatt (T: +612 9399 1812 E: j.gatt@neura.edu.au)

Dr Tertia Purves-Tyson (T: +612 9399 1649 E: t.purves-tyson@neura.edu.au)

Dr Jasmine Menant (T: +612 9399 1267 E: j.menant@neura.edu.au)

Dr Ruth Peters (T: +612 9399 1015 E: r.peters@neura.edu.au)

Dr Steve Kassem (T: +612 9399 1128 E: s.kassem@neura.edu.au)

Dr Adam Walker (T: +612 9399 1026 E: a.walker@neura.edu.au)

Dr Moyra Mortby (T: +612 9399 1147 E: m.mortby@neura.edu.au)

Dr Bart Bolsterlee (T:+612 9399 1832 E: b.bolsterlee@neura.edu.au)

Location:

NeuRA, Level 3 John and Betty Lynch Seminar Room

NSW Falls Prevention Forum 15th May – Has been Cancelled

Unfortunately, due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19 the face-to-face NSW Falls Prevention Forum to be held at the Wesley Conference Centre on Friday May 15 has been cancelled. Instead, the forum plenary talks will be presented in a free webinar on the morning of the same day.

Please see the webinar program below and register for this event by clicking the button below.

Forum registration fees will be refunded and participants will receive an email from the NSW Falls Prevention Network in the coming week to facilitate this process.
There will no longer be any rural travel grants as their purpose was to facilitate attendance at the Forum.

We hope to conduct the planned Forum concurrent workshops and possibly best practice initiative presentations as future webinars with information regarding these to be provided soon.

Webinar Program – 15 May, 2020

9.15 am Welcome

Session 1
9.20 – 10.00 am
Pam Albany Guest Lecturer: Professor Kaarin Anstey, Senior Principal Research Fellow, NeuRA
How can we delay dementia and promote brain health in older adults?

10.00 – 10.30 am
Professor Jacqueline Close, Geriatrician POWH; Clinical Director, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Dementia and preventing falls

Break – 10.30 – 11 am

Session 2
11.00 – 11.30 am
A/Professor Anne Tiedemann, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney School of Public Health
Physical activity for healthy ageing: development and evaluation of scalable interventions

11.30 – 12.00 pm
Dr Kim van Schooten, Postdoctoral Fellow, Falls Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Technologies for fall prevention

12.00 – 12.30 pm
Scientia Professor Stephen Lord, Senior Principal Research Fellow; Centre Director, Falls Balance and Injury Research Centre, NeuRA
Falls prevention research update

12.30 pm Close

These sessions will be recorded and posted on the website

For further details: https://fallsnetwork.neura.edu.au
Registrations close: 14th May or when fully booked

Enquiries to Cameron Hicks fallsnetwork@neura.edu.au (02) 9399 1063

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Focus: Patient Communication – enhancing safety and person centred care with Prof Anne-Marie Hill

Date: 13th November 2019

Time: 2:00 – 3:00pm

Cost: FREE

The NSW Falls Prevention Network is running a webinar with Prof Anne-Marie Hill, information can be found here. 

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Following the success of the First International Motor Impairment Conference in Sydney, Australia in 2018, we are pleased to announce that the Second International Motor Impairment Conference will be held in Amsterdam on 18-20th November 2020.

The goal of these meetings is to better understand the pathophysiology of Motor Impairment, to implement interventions, and to drive enhanced clinical practice.  Much is still unknown about fundamental mechanisms of Motor Impairment, and about its prevention and treatment.

For news & updates

Location: Hotel Casa, Amsterdam.

• Call for abstracts will open in February 2020.
• Read about the First International Motor Impairment Conference 2018, held in Sydney, Australia.

Bringing together the brightest minds working on Motor Impairment from all over the world.