Join Injury Matters with special guest Professor Anne-Marie Hill for a comprehensive webinar on preventing falls in older adults living with arthritis and osteoporosis. Discover the latest research and evidence-based strategies to reduce fall risk and improve client outcomes. Participants joining this webinar will increase their knowledge of practical interventions and management techniques, as well as gain valuable insights and skills to provide effective care and support to clients. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and make a positive impact on the lives of older adults living with arthritis and/or osteoporosis and preventing falls.

Featuring guest presenter, Professor Anne-Marie Hill

Professor Anne-Marie Hill (The University of Western Australia) is Senior Principal Research Fellow in the School of Allied Health and WA Centre for Health & Ageing. Her research is supported by the Royal Perth Hospital research foundation. Professor Hill’s research seeks to improve older people’s health and well-being, and she holds an NHMRC EL2 Investigator grant.

Professor Hill has been awarded over $15 million in research funding mainly focused on falls prevention. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists and has over 30 years clinical experience working with older people.

Professor Hill has conducted large clinical trials with a strong focus on hospital falls prevention, residential care, older adult education and working collaboratively with older people to reduce falls. Professor Hill also collaborates with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers and communities focusing on sustainable physical activity programs for older Aboriginal people in WA.

Learning Objectives

• Increase knowledge of the link between arthritis, osteoporosis and falls.
• Increase understanding of the latest research for management of arthritis and osteoporosis for falls prevention
• Increase knowledge of interventions and strategies to reduce the risk for falls in older adults.
• Increase confidence to apply the concepts with older adult clients.

Who should attend?

This webinar is designed for physiotherapists, OT’s, exercise physiologists, other allied health professionals.

Register here