Yolanda Barrado-Mart铆nDr Samuel Nyman and Yolanda Barrado-Mart铆n from the Psychology Department and Ageing and Dementia Research Centre (ADRC) attended the 4th聽EU Falls Festival in Manchester on 2nd and 3rd July 2018.
International researchers met in Manchester to learn about current projects under the theme, 鈥淣ew solutions to old problems: Ensuring sustainability of falls prevention interventions鈥�. Yolanda Barrado-Mart铆n presented a poster entitled: 鈥淗ow is Tai Chi received by people living with dementia and their informal carers?鈥� Attendants showed interest in the poster over the two day conference and voted Yolanda麓s as the second best poster of the conference.
EU falls festival attendance This year鈥檚 conference included sessions around Cochrane Updates on falls preventions, the use of new technologies to prevent falls, epidemiology and the implementation of research into practice. This year there was also a space for specific conditions such as dementia and the use of Qigong to improve balance and prevent falls amongst older adults, which made this conference particularly relevant for the TACIT Team.
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