@HopkinsAMP Looking forwards to another great mobility conference—practical tips to inspire us all!

Thanks #ASPA2023 for the opportunity to showcase our evolving @EatWalkEngage program in our mission to reduce hospital associated functional decline and delirium

What is the ‘secret sauce’ of our successful @EatWalkEngage program? Our new paper with @GillHar26 describes facilitators and their learning journey And we’ve been getting the learnings straight into practice, training 78 new facilitators since 2019!

So little evidence for strategies to reduce falls in hospital but evidence that it harms both staff and patients, and wastes scarce resources. Let’s shift the conversation from falls to function

RT @geri_doc: Many US Hospitals use bed alarms. But there is no evidence they prevent falls. Zero. None. But they do succeed in keeping…

Julie Adsett presenting our umbrella review on ward based mobility interventions for medical inpatients. Interventions need to be multi component, multidisciplinary, goal focussed and target those with assistance needs #AAGConf23

Do inpatients achieve their mobility capability? Sally Yin describes the capability-performance gap in our medical inpatients. Interesting how many exceeded their nurse assessed capability—suggesting we are systematically underestimating mobility capability

Emily Harvey presents the complexity of mobility communication in hospital wards. How can we support mobility if nurses and physios use different places, language and mobility domains?#AAGConf23

With Prue McRae @EatWalkEngage presenting a summary of local mobility barriers in our health service to inform our Mobility Improvement Collaborative #AAGConf23 —staff expectations, roles, team communication, environment, policy and perceived risk

Hospital mealtimes offer an opportunity to deliver care that matters but the many players and complex environment caution against ‘quick fixes’. I love working with this team on research that keeps peeling down the layers

Incontinence is a poorly recognised but deeply feared complication of hospitalisation in older people. Our research shows almost half of older people experience incontinence before, during or after their hospital stay @Age_and_Ageing @EatWalkEngage

Thanks to John’s Hopkins AMP program for helping us share our @EatWalkEngage program now delivered across Queensland to improve care for older people and prevent delirium

@Hassanah2017 @AcademyHealth @ImpSciUW @ImplementSci @KPWaResearch @kramiah @harborviewmc @AgingInitiative Great to see these abstracts in print and the chance to share our implementation program @EatWalkEngage that is reducing delirium throughout Queensland—and about to start our national expansion! Our implementation trial paper here

Insightful research highlighting challenges delivering one of the fundamentals of patient care. We must strive for interprofessional care which needs reflection, role clarification, ways to flatten hierarchies —requires curiosity, time and leadership @EatWalkEngage

RT @DrEHGordon: Fit or frail, being married/partnered reduces patients' risk of discharge to a nursing home. Fit or frail, changed/responsi…

@A_MacLullich @emmavardy2 Almost half of older inpatients experienced one or more of these complications, which are strongly influenced by our care processes and environment. Getting fundamental care right has never been so important @EatWalkEngage @sharon_inouye

RT @mikelizquierdo_: Strength training treats sarcopenia better than any drug we have. 💪 Yet few doctors prescribe it. 🩺 Let's integrate ev…

RT @mikelizquierdo_: Older adults deserve the benefits of exercise medicine. Let's update practices to reflect the research! 👵👴💪 Please r…

@Jessica05338329 Physical environment is important. We must advocate with health system designers and managers and we have seen good examples in Qld and beyond. But it must also be supported by a strong sociocultural environment to provide the permission &help our pts need to use it well

@DianeCEWalker @EatWalkEngage @AngelaByrnesAPD @Age_and_Ageing Thanks Diane, it’s an open access article so the figure is free to share as long as you please cite the publication