Chair’s Welcome & Introduction: National Developments in Falls Prevention
Professor Cameron Swift
Emeritus Professor, Consultant Physician
Kings School of Medicine;
Specialist Committee Member, Falls Prevention
Quality Standard, NICE
• falls prevention and management - where are we now?
• understanding and implementing national guidance
• responding to the National Audit of Inpatient Falls 2020, 2021
• current developments, challenges and opportunities
Covid-19 and Falls Prevention: the impact of Covid-19, and working to improve exercise and activity in Older Adults during and beyond Covid-19
Tamsin Peach
Occupational Therapist and CityCare Falls Lead
Community Rehabilitation and Falls Team (North)
Nottingham Citycare Partnership
• understanding the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on physical activity in older people
• falls prevention and Covid-19: impact and priorities moving forward
• reporting of falls during Covid-19
• a large-scale online project that aims to monitor fall accidents and lifestyle changes during the Covid-19 pandemic over a six-month period in adults aged 45+ with and without Parkinson’s disease
• healthy ageing: engaging with people to improve exercise and strength