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Welcome

Global Guidelines for Falls in Older Adults

Global Guidelines for Falls in Older Adults Global Guidelines for Falls in Older Adults Global Guidelines for Falls in Older Adults

A global initiative towards falls prevention and management

Our Mission

Creating standardized World Clinical Practice Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management that can be adapted and used in different settings and countries. Our effort is complementary to existing guidelines and aims to include new scientific discoveries and advances. We are a team of world experts in falls prevention and management spanning 35 countries and 5 continents as well as a number of collaborating societies and organizations with a focus on ageing. 

Global Representation

This map shows our level of representation from countries across the globe (darker shades of blue indicate higher representation)

Our Collaborating Societies

Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference

Call for Abstracts and Registration Now Open!

The 10th Biennial Australia and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference will for the first time be run as a joint conference with the World Congress on Falls and Postural Stability at the Perth Convention Centre, Western Australia, 26 – 28 November 2023. The 1st World Congress on Falls and Postural Stability was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in December 2019 – a joint initiative of the Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine and the British Geriatrics Society, while the Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society (ANZFPS) has been hosting a biennial conference since 2004.


The conference will showcase the latest research outcomes, program implementation, training, and policy and planning innovations in falls prevention in Australia, New Zealand and internationally. The conference will be complemented with practical pre-conference workshops to support skill development and implementation of key aspects of falls prevention.


Links to: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS & REGISTRATION


Confirmed Keynote and Plenary Speakers

  1. Professor Pip Logan, Professor of Rehabilitation Research and Occupational Therapist, Centre for Rehabilitation and Ageing Research, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
  2. Professor Stephen Robinovitch, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  3. Professor Maw Pin Tan, Professor - Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  4. Professor Nathalie van der Velde, Internist – Geriatrician, Amsterdam UMC (University Medical Centers), Netherlands
  5. Dr Suzanne Dyer, Senior Research Fellow, Rehabilitation, Aged and Extended Care - Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
  6. Margaret Gidgup, PhD Scholar, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
  7. Professor Leigh Hale, Dean of the School of Physiotherapy / Centre for Health, Activity, and Rehabilitation Research, University of Otago, New Zealand
  8. Dr Jo Hikaka, Pharmacist and Senior Research Fellow, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  9. Dr Sandra Iuliano, Senior Research Fellow (Honorary), Department of Medicine - Austin Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
  10. Professor Stephen Lord, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow & Centre Director, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales
  11. Dr Hannah Seymour, Medical Lead, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Program Team, Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia
  12. Professor Anne Tiedemann, Professor of Physical Activity and Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales


MEET OUR SPEAKERS

Key Dates

Pre-conference Workshop Submission Deadline: 

24th March 2023


Abstract & Symposia Submission Deadline: 

21st April 2023


Notification to authors of abstract outcome: 

12th May 2023


Full program available: 

June 2023


Earlybird Registration Deadline: 

15th September 2023


Speaker Registration Deadline: 

15th September 2023

Further Information

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Funding Acknowledgement

We acknowledge partial funding from the St. Joseph Foundation, London, Ontario, Canada (grant no. 74531) and  from the Canadian Institute of Health Research, Institute of Aging planning and dissemination grant.

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