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This conference focuses on falls prevention and management in older people with a focus on ensuring effective and resilient falls prevention activity. The conference will update delegates on the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management in Older Adults and highlight best practice through case studies. Sessions throughout the day will focus on activity and falls, developing and effective falls prevention programme, understanding human factors in falls prevention, improving falls education and awareness, effective personalised multidisciplinary assessment including the new MASA tool, falls and mental health including delirium prevention and managing the psychological impact of falling, medication management and improving secondary prevention. The conference will also discuss key elements in the reduction of falls in your service including strength, balance and exercise promotion, managing underlying health issues, developing personalized falls prevention care plans, and frailty presenting as falls. The conference will also update delegates on national requirements for falls investigation and learning under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
“Older and more vulnerable people are at a significant risk of falls.”
Department of Health and Social Care March 2024
“The world’s population is ageing. Falls and related injuries are increasingly common, making their prevention and management a critical global challenge. Many falls can be prevented. British Geriatric Society ”
British Geriatric Society
“Around a third of adults over 65 will experience a fall each year, which can be devastating not just physically, but also for their confidence and independence.” ”
Minister of State for Care Stephen Kinnock 2025
Benefits of attending:
Network with colleagues who are working to improving falls prevention and management in older people
Reflect on national developments, national audits and the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention
Develop competence in falls prevention and management
Improve your skills in the development of healthy ageing and effective strength and balance programmes
Examine how a human factors approach could support you to prevent falls
Understand the national requirements for falls investigation under PSIRF, and how findings from investigations can be used to inform falls prevention
Change the way you assess patients: Multifactorial assessment to optimise safe activity (MASA)
Understand how you can better meet the psychological needs of those who have fallen
Improve falls education and awareness in older people and support people to change behaviour
Identify and manage people at risk of falling, and effectively investigate and learn from falls when they do occur
Improve secondary prevention of falls and fractures
Learn from best practice in dementia, delirium prevention and falls
Update your knowledge on how effective medicines management can reduce falls
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
