05/03/2026
🚨 Upcoming April Falls Day Webinar - Communication is a key strategy for hospital falls prevention – how, when and where?
📅 Wednesday 22 April
⌛ 13:30 - 14:30 AEST
Register here: https://buff.ly/cTPLoyW
Providing falls prevention education in hospitals can assist to keep patients safe during their stay and aligns with World and Australian Guidelines for Falls Prevention. Professor Hill’s presentation will provide a brief overview of evidence for hospitals falls prevention. The presentation will discuss strategies for systematic and clear communication between staff and patients about patient falls risk factors and how falls education needs to be tailored for patient diversity and ward culture. Older patients’ perspectives about communication on wards around falls prevention and practical strategies to enhance patient-staff communication about falls will be presented.
Professor Anne-Marie Hill is Senior Principal Research Fellow in the School of Health and Clinical Sciences and WA Centre for Health & Ageing at The University of Western Australia.
Her research interests are in improving older people’s health and well-being. Professor Hill has held two NHMRC Investigator grants (2020-25 and 2012-15) focusing on fall prevention. She has obtained over $15.5 M in research funding and has over 185 publications, with over 110 articles on falls prevention. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists, awarded by the Australian Physiotherapy Association, and has over 30 years clinical experience working with older people. Professor Hill has led large clinical trials in hospital, community and residential care settings and collaborates with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers and communities, focusing on healthy ageing for older Aboriginal people in Western Australia.
