Ms Ianthe Boden1,2, Ms Nadia Zalucki1, Dr Doa El-Ansary2, Dr Laura Browning2,3, Dr Elizabeth Skinner2,3, Professor Linda Denehy2 1Launceston General Hospital, West Launceston, Australia, 2Physiotherapy Department, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 3Division of Allied Health, Western Health, Footscray, Australia Objectives:...

Dr Clare Ramsden1 1Tasmanian Health Service, Hobart, Australia Anterior Communicating (ACom) Artery aneurysm syndrome was first defined in the 1980s, and initially included severe memory impairment, confabulation, and personality changes. Following an early growth of research in this area, there...

Ms Robyn Montgomery1 1Dhhs, Hobart, Australia In November 2016  an audit of 56 haemodialysis dependent patients was undertaken. 40% of the group were classified as malnourished 64% of these malnourished patients are male, 32% have diabetes 11% were underweight and...

Mr Sam de Zoete1, Mr Brendon Bakes2, Ms Dawn Simpson1, Ms  MIchele Callisaya1 1Physiotherapy Department, Tasmanian Health Service South, Hobart, Australia, 2Acute Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Australia Background: Emerging evidence suggests that enriched rehabilitation environments (physical, cognitive and...

Mrs Gretchen Scott1, Ms Kath Kerr2 1ThS- Social Work Services, Howrah, Australia, 2THS-Famliy Violence Counselling and Support Services, , Victims of Family Violence are high users of health services but are often not identified. This limits the capacity of health...

Mr John Cannell1, Mr Alex Wilson2 1Tasmanian Health Service North, Launceston, Australia, 2Ambulance Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Whilst falls occur across the age spectrum, allied health staff are particularly involved in the minimization of harm and prevention of falls in the...

Miss Sophie Leworthy1 1Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Australia Background:  Evidence indicates the cost of inpatients falling and sustaining injury whilst in hospital is immense, both to the individual and to the health system. Typically the risk of falls is higher...

Mr Saliu Balogun1, Prof. Tania  Winzenberg1, Dr Karen  Wills1, Dr David  Scott2,3, Dr Michele  Callisaya1,2, Prof Graeme  Jones1, Dr Dawn  Aitken1 1Menzies Institute For Medical Research, University Of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash...

Jessie Bynon1, Dr Pauline Marsh2 1 Grow Occupational Therapy, Carlton TAS; 2 Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart TAS DIGnity is a wellbeing project that aims to build the therapeutic capacity of three established community gardens. DIGnity enables health workers,...

Joe Brooks Joe Brooks is a young podiatrist working in Hobart. In his talk he will discuss his mental health journey from the lows of his first panic attack at primary school and almost breaking down in front of a...