Preventing Falls in the Elderly

Oct 1, 2020 | Health Webinars

1. Watch the recorded webinar below from start to finish.
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About the webinar

JANET PARKER
RGON, MN, NP Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Community and Residential Aged Care – Nga Kaitiaki Kaumatua, Waitemata District Health Board

 

Janet Parker has practiced in the community firstly as a District Nurse and then as a Gerontology Nurse Specialist. She registered as a Nurse Practitioner Older Adults in 2010. She is the clinical lead for Waitemata DHB’s community gerontology nursing service. Under her leadership the team provides assessment, advice and management for older adults with complex health issues in the community and in residential aged care.
 
Her topic will include:
  • How to identify those at risk for falls
  • How to recognise the components of falls
  • Falls assessment for the individual and the population (reducing and preventing falls)
  • Falls intervention: what works
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