1-5 October 2009 Sydney Convetion Centre

Gerontology Physiotherapy Australia

Sydney, 3-5 October 2009

Keynote Speakers

Professor Marijke Hopman-Rock
A/Professor Clare Robertson

Invited Speakers

A/Professor Julie Bernhardt
Dr Fiona Blyth
Pauline Brooks
Professor Wendy Brown
Sally Castell
A/Professor Pauline Chiarelli
A/Professor Lindy Clemson
A/Professor Jacqueline Close
Kathryn Devereux
A/Professor Gustavo Duque
Dr Marlene Fransen
Dr Alison Harmer
Professor Keith Hill
A/Professor Sharon Kilbreath
Jane Latimer
Jane Louis
A/Professor Vasi Naganathan
Dr Amanda Nagle
Karl Schurr

Gerontology Physiotherapy Australia Conference Program

Saturday 3 October 2009

8.30–10.10

Seven Years in Seven Minutes: Short summaries of important recent research

Chair: A/Professor Rob Herbert

Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B

Experts in each of the larger fields of physiotherapy practice will provide accessible overviews of the main findings of the last 7 years of high quality clinical research from their area in 7-minute presentations. Each group will identify key clinical research, summarise the findings of the research, and discuss the implications of the research for clinical practice. The purpose is to give clinicians from other areas an overview of the main research-led advances across a range of other fields of practice.

Welcome
Cardiorespiratory (A/Prof Anne Holland)
Continence and Women’s Health (Dr Marg Sherburn)
Gerontology (Professor Keith Hill)
Musculoskeletal (Professor Gwen Jull)
Aquatic (Jenny Geytenbeek)
Questions and comments from the floor
Acupuncture & Dry Needling (Leigh McCutcheon)
Neurology (A/Prof Julie Bernhardt)
Occupational Health (Dr Rob Boland)
Paediatrics (Kristy Rose)
Sports (Craig Purdham)
Questions and comments from the floor
Close

10.10–10.30

Morning Tea

Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery

10.30–11.00

Address from the President & a celebration of honoured members

Room: Bayside Auditorium A&B

11.00–11.45

AJP Oration

Chair: Professor Paul Hodges

Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B

Introduction: Professor Paul Hodges, Chair of the AJP Editorial Board

Presenter: Professor Mary Galea

Topic: From Mice to Men

11.45–12.30

APA Conference Week 2009 Joint Plenary Session

Chair: Dr Manuela Ferreira

Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B

Keynote speaker: Associate Professor Alex Barratt

Topic: Helping patients make informed decisions about health care

11.45–12.30

APA College Graduation

Room: Bayside Terrace

12.30–1.15

Lunch

Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery

1.15–3.00

APA Conference Week 2009 Joint Plenary Session: Get off the couch - delivering physical activity to the masses

Chair: Dr Cathie Sherrington

Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B

1.15-1.35

Presenter: Professor Garry Egger

Topic: Lifestyle Medicine

1.35-1.55

Presenter: Professor Nicholas Taylor and Professor Karen Dodd

Topic: Therapeutic exercise

1.55-2.15

Presenter: A/Prof Norman Morris

Topic: Physiological aspects of exercise prescription

2.15-2.45

Examples of evidence-based programs reaching large numbers of people (4 X 7 mins)

Andrew Gow - Volunteer-led Tai Chi- in a rural setting
Dr Amanda Nagle - Heart moves
Professor Wendy Brown - 10,000 steps Program
Kathryn Devereux, Western Australian Ability groups

2.45-3.00

Moderator: Session Chair

Format: Question time

3.00-3.30

Afternoon Tea

Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery

3.30-5.00

Plenary Session 1: Quality aged care services - are we there yet?

Chair: Professor Keith Hill

Room: Bayside 204A

3.30-3.40

Presenter: Dr Shylie Mackintosh, Chair, Gerontology Physiotherapy Australia

Topic: Welcome and Opening

3.40-3.55

Invited Presenter: A/Professor Jacqui Close

Topic: Can we really change clinical practice?

3.55-4.10

Invited Presenter: Professor Keith Hill

Topic: Are our universities producing a new generation of aged care physiotherapists?

4.10-4.25

Invited Presenter: Jane Louis

Topic: Are we meeting challenges in residential aged care physiotherapy?

4.25-4.40

Invited Presenter: Karl Schurr

Topic: Can older people do more practice in inpatient rehabilitation?

4.40-4.55

Presenter: Jo Nolan

Topic: Targeted individual exercise programmes for older medical patients are feasible, and change hospital and patient outcomes: a service improvement project

4.55-5.10

Presenter: Dr Catherine Said

Topic: Increasing physical activity in older people receiving inpatient rehabilitation: a feasibility study

6.30–10.00

Gerontology Dinner

Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Sunday 4 October 2009

9.00–10.30

Plenary Session 2: Encouraging elder exercise: International insights

Chair: A/Professor Sandra Brauer

Room: Bayside 204A

9.00-9.45

Presenter: Professor Marijke Hopman-Rock

Topic: Adaptive physical activity. Lessons from the Netherlands

9.45-10.30

Presenter: A/Professor Clare Robertson

Topic: Falls prevention: Lessons from New Zealand

10.30 –11.00

Morning Tea

Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery

11.00-11.30

Concurrent 1: Joint Session with Neurology

Chair: Dr Colleen Canning and Dr Jenny Nitz

Room: Bayside Terrace

11.00-11.30

Invited Speaker: Professor Gert Kwakkel

Topic: Impact of rhythmic cueing in Parkinson's disease: What is the evidence?

11.30-12.30

Free Paper Presentations

11.30-11.45

Presenter: Natalie Allen

Topic: Support-group based exercise to address risk factors for falls in people with Parkinson's disease: a randomised controlled trial

11.45-12.00

Presenter: Elizabeth Proud

Topic: Disorders in manual dexterity in Parkinson’s disease

12.00-12.15

Presenter: A/Professor Sandra Brauer

Topic: Task switching during dual task gait training is difficult for people with Parkinson Disease

12.15-12.30

Presenter: Kathryn Nicholson

Topic: Dementia with lewy bodies as an alternative diagnosis to Parkinson’s disease

11.30-12.30

Concurrent Session 2: Free Paper Presentations

Chair: Rik Dawson

Room: Bayside 204A

11.30-11.45

Presenter: Karyn Blackman

Topic: Fit and free: a falls prevention exercise program for community-dwelling rural elders

11.45-12.00

Presenter: Susie Thomas

Topic: Does the ‘Otago Exercise Program’ reduce mortality and falls in older adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

12.00-12.15

Presenter: Claire Schofield

Topic: Predicting discharge destination for elective hip and knee arthroplasty patients: A comparison of nursing staff judgement and the Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool

12.15-12.30

Presenter: Tom Crouch

Topic: Difference in functional capacity of geriatric medical patients at discharge from an acute geriatric Medical Unit: implications for service delivery

11.30-12.30

Concurrent Session 3: Free Paper Presentations

Chair: Nicola Fairhall

Room: Bayside 201

11.30-11.45

Presenter: Sarah Davenport

Topic: The reliability and validity of the de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) in healthy community dwelling older adults

11.45-12.00

Presenter: Jessica Lewis

Topic: Normative data for the de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI)

12.00-12.15

Presenter: Jo Nolan

Topic: Rasch analysis of the Elderly Mobility Scale

12.15-12.30

Presenter: Michael O' Brien

Topic: A head-to-head comparison of the de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) and Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS) in an acute medical population

11.00-12.30

AJP Writing for Publication workshop

Room: Bayside 104

Presenter: A/Professor Louise Ada

How do you decide where to send your paper? What do reviewers look for when reviewing a paper for publication? Why do some authors get published relatively easily, while others struggle to have their papers accepted? How can you give your work the best chance of being accepted? Louise Ada (Scientific Editor, AJP, Chair of the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors, and a member of several other journal Editorial Boards) and members of the AJP Editorial Boards will unravel some of the mysteries and discuss strategies to increase your chances of being accepted by the journal at the top of your list.

12.30–1.30

Lunch

Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery

12.30-1.30

General Meeting - Australian College of Physiotherapy

Room: Bayside 202

1.30-3.00

Concurrent Session 4: Joint Plenary with Continence and Women's Health

Not so secret women's business

Chair: Sarina Priori

Room: Bayside 103

1.30-1.50

Presenter: A/Professor Marlene Fransen

Topic: Osteoarthritis

1.50-2.10

Presenter: A/Professor Gustavo Duque

Topic: Osteoporosis in the elderly: A new approach to an old geriatric syndrome

2.10-2.30

Presenter: A/Professor Pauline Chiarelli

Topic: Continence Status of Ageing Women: a fluid situation

2.30-2.50

Presenter: A/Professor Sharon Kilbreath

Topic: Rehabilitation during and following treatment for breast cancer

2.50-3.00

Questions

3.00-3.30

Afternoon Tea

Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery

3.30-5.00

Concurrent Session 5: Free Papers and 5x5 Presentations

Chair: Dr Shylie Mackintosh

Room: Bayside 204A

3.30-3.45

Presenter: Derek Boersma

Topic: Nutritional status in relation to balance in the frail elderly: A preliminary look at Vitamin D and albumin

3.45-4.00

Presenter: Nancy Low Choy

Topic: Associations between vestibular system function, perceived confidence, falls efficacy, balance and mobility in older fallers undertaking rehabilitation in the home

4.00-4.15

Presenter: Jennifer Nitz

Topic: Gentlemen, are you as stable as you think?

4.15-4.30

Presenter: Elisabeth Ramsay

Topic: Predictors of low-tech choice stepping reaction time test performance in older people

4.30-4.35

Presenter: Elizabeth Barraclough

Topic: Reliability and validity of a low tech choice stepping reaction time test

4.35-4.40

Presenter: James McLoughlin

Topic: Visually induced postural sway in elderly fallers, vestibular disorders and controls

4.40-4.45

Presenter: Melissa Raymond

Topic: High intensity progressive resistance strength training in older people: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

4.45-4.50

Presenter: Sirima Boonyarat

Topic: Effects of a physical therapy program with clint-centered approach on functional balance in the elderly

3.30-5.00

Concurrent Session 6

Chair: Jennifer Delaney

Room: Bayside 202

3.30-3.45

Presenter: Steven McPhail

Topic: The strength of association between physical function and health-related quality of life amongst patients in a tertiary hospital rehabilitation unit

3.45-4.00

Presenter: Kerrin Bleicher

Topic: Prevalence of osteoporotic vertebral fractures in older Australian men: Findings from the CHAMP study

4.00-4.15

Presenter: Nicola Fairhall

Topic: Participation restriction: nature, extent and associated factors in frail, community-dwelling older people

4.15-4.30

Presenter: Bruce Harris

Topic: What is the mobility status of older acute medical patients at hospital discharge?

4.30-4.35

Presenter: Bradley Lloyd

Topic: Functional outcome one year after hip fracture: results from the sarcopenia and hip fracture (SHIP) study

4.35-4.40

Presenter: Jo Nolan

Topic: Developing higher quality initial physiotherapy documentation for acute hospital patients

4.40-4.45

Presenter: Steven McPhail

Topic: Telephone and face-to-face assessment of participation in functional activities and health-related quality of life yield equivalent responses amongst older aldults

4.45-4.50

Presenter: Steven McPhail

Topic: Are comparisons of longitudinal health-state evaluations amongst physiotherapy patients valid? The clinical implications from a narrative review of response shift

4.50-4.55

Presenter: Steven McPhail

Topic: Health-related quality of life: Do physiotherapists and their patients agree?

5.00-6.30

Cocktail Function

Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery

Monday 5 October 2009
7.00–8.30	Breakfast Session 1: Rise and shine and exercise: Practical aspects of exercise program design in community and residential care settings (with demonstration) Chair: Jane Louis Room: Bayside 202
7.00-7.45	Presenter: Sally Castell Topic: Get up..Get active: Exercise and the Older Adult
7.45-8.30	Presenter: Pauline Brooks Topic: Easy moves for Active Ageing®- EMAA from Active Ageing Australia®
8.45–10.30	Plenary Session 3: Key health issues for older people: Evidence update and practical implications Chair: Dr Anne-Marie Hill Room: Bayside 204A
8.45-9.10	Presenter: Dr Fiona Blyth Topic: Chronic pain
9.10-9.35	Presenter: A/Professor Clare Robertson Topic: Falls: updating the evidence for prevention
9.35-10.00	Presenter: Dr Alison Harmer Topic: Key issues for older people: Diabetes evidence update and practical implications
10.00-10.25	Presenter: A/Professor Julie Bernhardt Topic: Stroke rehabilitation in the 21st century
10.25-10.30	Questions
10.30–11.00	Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
11.00–12.30	Plenary Session 4: Exercise - keeping it moving: How to keep interventions going in different populations Chair: Stephanie Fu Room: Bayside 204A
11.00-11.30	Presenter: Professor Marijke Hopman-Rock Topic: Exercise compliance: Theory and practice
11.30-11.50	Presenter: Kathryn Devereux Topic: Community Physiotherapy Services: an example of an evidence-based program reaching large numbers of people
11.50-12.10	Presenter: A/Professor Lindy Clemson Topic: Engaging older people in fall prevention activities
12.10-12.30	Presenter: Sally Castell Topic: 'If they can do it...so can I'
12.30–1.30	Lunch Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
1.30–3.00	Concurrent Sessions: Free Paper Presentations
1.30-3.00	Concurrent Session 7 Chair: Chris Lowndes Room: Bayside 204A
1.30-1.45	Presenter: Anna Barker Topic: Improved mobility can mean increased fall and fracture risk: understanding the mobility, fall and fracture relationship in residential aged care
1.45-2.00	Presenter: Jo Nolan Topic: Listening to older people with fall related hospital admissions - how can we communicate evidence based recommencations better
2.00-2.15	Presenter: Anne-Marie Hill Topic: The effect of patient education for the prevention of in-hospital falls in older patients - a randomised controlled trial
2.15-2.30	Presenter: Dr Cathie Sherrington Topic: Development of the Prediction of Falls in Rehabilitation Settings Tool (Predict_FIRST): a prospective cohort study
2.30-2.45	Presenter: Dr Anne Tiedemann Topic: A brief performance-based fall risk assessment tool for community dwelling older people (QuickScreen): external validation and reliability
2.45-3.00	Presenter: Lauren Dircks Topic: Does written feedback improve client recall of risks and falls prevention strategies?
1.30-3.00	Concurrent Session 8 Chair: Jill Broughen Room: Bayside 204B
1.30-1.45	Presenter: A/Professor Sandra Brauer Topic: Environmental challenges to outdoor walking in community-dwelling elders
1.45-2.00	Presenter: Stephanie Fu Topic: Does Adoption of a Specific Balance Strategy Training Program [BSTP] approach to exercise improve Quality of Life in middle aged women?
2.00-2.15	Presenter: Maren Jones Topic: Australian and British Amputee Care Guidelines Merged for Self Assessment
2.15-2.30	Presenter: Maren Jones Topic: Cost and effectiveness of a physiotherapist-manufactured temporary prosthesis program
2.30-2.35	Presenter: Lauren Earles Topic: Is group work-circuit physiotherapy an effective model for orthopaedic rehabilitation or is individual therapy more beneficial?
2.35-2.40	Presenter: Monique Johns Topic: Coordinating “Stepping On”– implementing an evidence- based, multidisciplinary falls prevention program for community dwelling elderly.
2.40-2.45	Presenter: Colleen Langron Topic: Using digital video and photography as a clinical observational, feedback and recording tool.
3.00-3.30	Afternoon Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
3.30–5.00	Plenary Session 5: Key issues for different older populations: Implications for physiotherapy practice Chair: Dr Shylie Mackintosh Room: Bayside 204A
3.30-3.55	Presenter: A/Professor Vasi Naganathan Topic: Men
3.55-4.20	Presenter: Professor Wendy Brown Topic: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health: changes in physical activity and weight over time and the implications of this for healthy ageing
4.20-4.45	Presenter: A/Professor Jane Latimer Topic: Aboringinal people
4.45-5.00	Closing remarks from Dr Shylie Mackintosh, Chair, Gerontology Physiotherapy Australia
5.00	Gerontology Physiotherapy Conference Closes

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