Course Overview

Domain
Health and Social Sciences
Format
Short Course
Duration
2 days
Fee Subsidy
Up to 90% SF Funding
Professional Development Units

CPD (SAOT) – Pending approval
CPD (SPA) – Pending approval

Falls are common in older adults and can lead to serious consequences. Falls can be reduced by identifying risk factors for falls early and intervening to improve postural balance. 

It can also be tackled by addressing polypharmacy, poor vision, home environment hazards and more. In this workshop international and local experts will discuss the epidemiology of falls, efficacy of community-based falls intervention programmes and other issues such as frailty, balance and mobility assessment, increasing adherence to interventions.

Practical elements will include falls assessment, home environment assessments, lifestyle interventions, assessing and treating vestibular dysfunction in older adults.

Who Should Attend

  • All health and medical professionals working with people at risk of falling
  • Health and medical professional educators
  • Other practitioners working with people at risk of falling

What You Will Learn

Community-based Falls Intervention Programmes

  • Efficacy of community-based falls intervention programmes
  • Development and implementation of these programmes

Frailty and Falls

  • Assessment of frailty in older adults
  • Management of frailty

Falls Risk in Older Adults

  • Assessment of falls risk
  • Learn the new Balance Recovery Confidence scale

Vestibular Disorders and Falls

  • Overview of vestibular dysfunction as a risk factor for falls
  • Assessment of the Benign Positional Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

Increasing Adherence to Falls Intervention Programmes

  • Barriers and facilitators
  • Increasing adherence for Falls Intervention Programmes

Teaching Team

Dawn Tan
Dawn Tan

Associate Professor, Health and Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology

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Tim Xu
Tim Xu

Associate Professor, Health and Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology

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Lindy Clemson
Lindy Clemson

Emeritus Professor, The University of Sydney

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Schedule

    TIme Topic Speakers
    9:00 am Overview of community-based fall intervention programmes and introduction to enabling implementation Prof. Lindy Clemson
    10:00 am Tea-break and Networking  
    10:15 am Implementing community based intervention programmes  - experiences and examples Prof. Lindy Clemson
    10:45 am Addressing frailty and falls in Singapore: A Geriatrician’s perspectives Dr Christopher Lien, Senior Consultant, Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital
    12:30 pm Lunch and Networking  
    1:30 pm Lecture and practical session
    Assessing falls risk in older adults: The new Balance Recovery Confidence scale
    Dr Shawn Soh, Senior Lecturer, SIT
    2:15 pm Footwear and Falls Podiary (TBC)
    3:00 pm Tea-break and Networking  
    3:15 pm Vestibular disorders and falls in older adults A/Prof Dawn Tan, SIT
    4:00 pm Lecture and Group Discussion:
    Increasing adherence to exercises in older adults
    Ms Bernadine Teng, Senior Lecturer, SIT
    5:15 pm Q & A  
    5:30 pm End of Day  
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    TIme Topic Speaker(s)
    9:00 am Home safety: Environment and Falls
    • Prof. Lindy Clemson
    10:00 am Tea-break and Networking  
    10:30 am Practical session: Life (Lifestyle integrated functional exercises) program: Functional exercises
    • Prof. Lindy Clemson
    11:30 am Stepping on Programme: International and local perspectives
    • Prof. Lindy Clemson
    • Asst. Prof Tim Xu, SIT
    12:30 pm Lunch and Networking  
    1:30 pm Designing community-based intervention programs for older persons with falls risk
    (Group activity)
    • Prof. Lindy Clemson
    • Advanced Practice Nurse
    • Asst. Prof Peter Tay, Psychologist, SIT
    • A/Prof Dawn Tan, Physiotherapist, SIT
    • Ms. Karishma, Dietician
    • Ms. Hafizah, Geriatrician
    • Asst. Prof Tim Xu, Occupational Therapist, SIT
    3:00 pm Tea-break and Networking  
    3:15 pm Presentation by groups and feedback from panel
    • Prof. Lindy Clemson
    • Advanced Practice Nurse
    • Asst. Prof Peter Tay, Psychologist, SIT
    • A/Prof Dawn Tan, Physiotherapist, SIT
    • Ms. Karishma, Dietician
    • Ms. Hafizah, Geriatrician
    • Asst. Prof Tim Xu, Occupational Therapist, SIT
    5:15 pm Q & A  
    5:30 pm End of Day  
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    Certificate and Assessment

    A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who:

    • Attend at least 75% of the workshop
    • Undertake and pass non-credit bearing assessment during the workshop

    Fee Structure

    The full fee for this course is S$1,417.00.

    Category After SF Funding
    Singapore Citizen (Below 40) S$425.10
    Singapore Citizen (40 & Above) S$165.10
    Singapore PR / LTVP+ Holder S$425.10
    Non-Singapore Citizen S$1,417.00 (No Funding)


    Note: All fees above include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.

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