Wednesday, 24th June Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2026

• Endocrinology Breakfast Session - Ryan Jalleh

• Minimally Invasive and Conservative Treatment Options for Urinary Incontinence in Frail Older Women  - Samantha Pillay

• Trauma Older Persons’ Service: meeting the challenge of low falls. - Kate Gregorevic

• John Campbell Memorial Address - Long-term outcomes after delirium: epidemiological and mechanistic perspectives - Daniel Davis

• Translating trial criteria to clinical practice: eligibility for lecanemab in an Australian Cognition Dementia and Memory Service (CDAMS) clinic cohort. - Yi May Cheah
• Effectiveness of specialised behavioural management units for older patients with severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Simon K F Luk
• Understanding the connection between frailty and dementia in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Peoples – the Let’s CHAT Dementia study - Caitriona J Bennett
• Anticholinergic Exposure Trajectories and Cognitive Change in Older Adults with Urinary Urgency: A Longitudinal Cohort Study  - Waafiqa Alam
• Utility of plasma nfl and p-tau217 in an Australian memory clinic - Jia Zheng
• Enhancing written information provision through consumer involvement and artificial intelligence in a cognitive clinic - Nik Partsanis

• Frailty is associated with earlier dementia onset: Evidence from the Rush Memory and Aging Project - Ruth Eleanor Hubbard
• Delirium predicts nursing home admission in individuals with and without dementia: A matched cohort study in the UK Biobank - Ruth Eleanor Hubbard
• Equity of uptake of COVID-19, pneumococcal, zoster and influenza vaccinations in the older population: A national population-based analysis - Craig Hansen
• Consideration of frailty in hospital-based falls prevention trials within a Cochrane systematic review - Veethika Nayak
• Hearing Aids to Support Cognitive Function of Older Adults at Risk of Dementia: the HearCog Trial Results - Leon Flicker
• Multi-outcome prognostic modelling for older adults after trauma: development and validation of the Older Trauma Outcome Predictor (OTOP) model. - Mayura Iddagoda

• Care for the elderly with rib fractures: the role of the STUMBL score as a tool for predictors of adverse outcomes in patients aged ≥ 65 who have sustained rib fractures - Allan Bui
• Experiences of research participation for persons living with dementia with Lewy bodies and their study partners  - Anni South
• Neuroimaging for Alzheimer’s Disease: Promise or Overstated Precision? - Calum Chong
• Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy and bone health of trans- and gender-diverse adults and older adults: a systematic review - Jesse Minshall
• Educational needs of junior doctors caring for hospitalised older adults - Minna F Yumol
• Opportunities for care: The impact of routine post discharge screening on aged care residents discharging from a large metropolitan Melbourne hospital - Michelle Chee

• Dementia prevalence in Aotearoa New Zealand: the IDEA project - Jackie Broadbent
• Development of the PHARMA-Care National Quality Framework for monitoring quality use of medicines in residential aged care homes - Janet K Sluggett
• National trends in rehabilitation utilisation among people with and without dementia after hip fracture or stroke (2014–2019) - Miia Rahja
• Disease-Related & Age-Related Frailty: A Machine Learning Approach to Characterising Frailty By Aetiology - Trent Payne
• Measuring frailty at scale: development and validation of an electronic frailty index for Queensland Health hospitals - Ruth Eleanor Hubbard
• Temporalis muscle thickness and frailty are associated with falls risk in people with mild cognitive impairment/subjective cognitive concerns - Kate Sturzaker

• Co-HIVE: Digital Solutions Transforming Specialist Care for Older Adults living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) - Zarrin Allam
• Implementing a GEDI Model in a Tertiary Emergency Department: Early Experience from a New Service - Sharanya Athithan
• Implementing an Inpatient Consult Geriatric Service: Insights from a Year of PDSA‑Driven Refinement - Sharanya Athithan
• The OPTIMAL trial: our experience with implementing a risk-stratified intervention to support older adults transitioning from hospital to residential aged care for the first time - Ishita Batta
• The Sutherland Hospital Emergency Department & Geriatric Flying Squad Pathway - Sandhya Chand
• Osteoporosis management following policy change mandating zoledronic acid administration on day of discharge - Rosemary RC Chen
• Retrospective review of patients with multiple 'Code Grey' response calls - Thanawan Chirakijja
• Hospital Presentations after Home-Based Assessment and Management of Older People by Emergency Hospital In The Home. - Lucinda Clay
• Breaking bones: patterns of anti-resorptive prescribing in patients post neck of femur fracture - Lauren Corre
• From reporting to care planning: Embedding Quality Indicator data into residential aged care workflows using SMART on FHIR - Ronald Dendere
• Should Whole Body Vibration be Used for Falls Prevention in Older People? - Suzanne M Dyer
• Planning for the assessment needs for people with dementia in Australia – The use of linked datasets - Leon Flicker
• Parkmoves: an interdisciplinary group improves patient and hospital outcomes in subacute aged care  - Liora Frydman
• Safety in focus: Building a statewide hospital framework for dementia‑related aggression - Frederick Graham
• Review of Surgical Outcomes of General Surgery Patients that Attended a Pre-Operative Geriatric Clinic. - Afsana AS Habib
• Impact of FOCUS (Frail/Older adult care Colorectal and Upper GI Service) on Upper GI/Colorectal unit in improving outcomes. - Afsana Dr Habib
• Prevalence of Polypharmacy and Effective Deprescribing by Geriatric Assessment Team - Sarah Healey
• Preliminary Usability and Acceptability of a Digital Frailty Prevention Website for Older Adults: A Qualitative Evaluation Using the Kirkpatrick Model - Ruth Eleanor Hubbard
• Recruitment for a randomised type 1 comparative effectiveness-implementation to reduce frailty in mildly frail older adults in Australia: preliminary insights - Ruth Eleanor Hubbard
• A Retrospective Study of the use of the Emergency Department Fractured Neck of Femur Pathway in a major metropolitan hospital. - Riana John
• Incorporating design considerations into public games in an “intergenerational playground” for later-life adults - Thinn Thinn Khine
• Considerations in designing mobile stroke computed tomography (CT) imaging for ageing population - Thinn Thinn Khine
• Junior Medical Staff Psychotropic Medicine Prescribing Practices For Patients With Cognitive Impairments: a survey study   - Sabrina Kohler
• Barriers to Anti-Resorptive Therapy Initiation Following Neck of Femur (NOF) Fracture: An Internal Audit at Werribee Mercy Hospital - Bao Yen Le
• Enhancing Communication Between Medical Staff and Families in a Subacute Geriatric Unit - Jenny Lee
• Hypertensive urgency in elderly inpatients at Concord Hospital: a retrospective cohort study - Ho Hin HL Leung
• Improving inpatient antiresorptive medication administration in neck of femur fracture patients using high-dose oral colecalciferol: a rural tertiary hospital study - Jasmine Li
• Prevalence and Characterisation of Mild Behavioural Impairment (MBI) in an Asian Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Cohort - Jing Wei Lim
• Acute Admission Avoidance via Rapid Geriatric Intervention and Timely Discharge in a Short Stay Unit - Jewel Llego
• Prognostic Value of Diastolic Dysfunction in Adults Undergoing Vascular Surgery: Implications for the Risk of Myocardial Injury after Noncardiac Surgery (MINS) - Andrea Lori
• Heart Failure Management in Frail Patients; A Prospective, Multicentre, Observational Cohort Study - Brenton McCormack
• Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives of the Role of Pharmacists in Residential Aged Care Homes. - Tiernan McDonough
• Pharmacist-led Comprehensive Geriatric Medication Review in a Geriatric in the Home (GITH) Program - Thomas Mitchell
• Understanding patient and clinician perspectives in the HITH4Hips trial: a qualitative study - Jananee Myooran
• What factors influence the implementation of a fall prevention program? A qualitative study with multi-level and cross-disciplinary perspectives. - Veethika Nayak
• Sleepless in a Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit: A Hidden Burden in Older Inpatients - Olivia B Ogilvy Dunstan
• Improved emergency department (ED) presentations, unplanned hospitalisations and polypharmacy outcomes from a large scale, innovative hybrid telehealth model of shared GP/geriatrician care. - Anil Paramadhathil
• Audit of fall-related trauma care provision in patients >65 years in a tertiary hospital emergency department. - Kascia L Pavisich
• Impact of Sleep Disturbance and Early Morning OFF Symptoms on Health-Related Quality of Life in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease - Theresa Phan
• Feasibility and effectiveness of multidisciplinary falls prevention discussions in a geriatric rehabilitation ward. - Piyush Pius
• Osteoporosis treatment in Nonagenarians - Yan Qin
• General Surgery Geriatric Service (GSGS), Collaboration at its Best: Staff Feedback on a 3 month Pilot of a proactive shared care model - Lisa Redgrave
• Comparison of weight-based versus fixed-dose Beriplex (4F-PCC) for emergency anticoagulation reversal in older adults admitted to an acute surgical unit.  - Rochelle Sheppard
• Prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease + Pramipexole use in an Outpatient Clinic Setting - Dilan Siriwardena
• Introduction of Clinical Frailty Screening and establishment of an Acute Frailty Team in an Emergency Department.   - Alisha M Spiteri
• FLASH vs OMS: A Validation Study    - Kim Tran
• Supporting older trauma patients at discharge: A feasibility pilot of a patient navigator service - Jill Williams
• Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease: Additional Insights from the TRAILBLAZER‐ALZ 2 Long-Term Extension - Paul Yates
• Frailty, temporalis muscle thickness and 5-year clinical outcomes in a memory clinic cohort - Paul Yates
• Dysphagia risk in older adults with head and neck cancer: the role of frailty and sarcopenia - Paul Yates
• Medium-term outcomes of COVID-19 infection in aged care facilities – a Residential In-Reach perspective - Renee Zeng
• Innovative Urgent Health Access for Residents of Aged Care Facilities - Jade Lee
• Evaluating structured post-fall huddles as a quality improvement initiative in a Subacute Care Unit - Jessica Parkin

SPACES ARE LIMITED, PRE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

Join A/Prof Adam Nelson and Professor Peter Gonski on the importance of effective vaccine conversation with patients and how to embed vaccinations into specialist workflow

About the symposium:

This interactive session brings together renowned Australian experts to discuss the burden of viral infections on patients with cardiovascular disease and to provide practical tips regarding preventive health conversations with patients.

• Gain Expert Insights: Participate in a session chaired by Professor Peter Gonski, featuring discussions with a renowned cardiology expert, Associate Professor Adam Nelson, on impact of RSV and shingles on cardiovascular patients.

• Disease Burden: Professor Peter Gonski will share insights into the burden of vaccine-preventable disease in his patients, and the implications for clinical outcomes with a patient case study.

• Prevention Strategies: Listen from Professor Peter Gonski and Associate Professor Adam Nelson on the importance of preventing viral diseases, including RSV and shingles, in patients with cardiovascular conditions.

• Patient Conversations: Hear from Professor Peter Gonski and Associate Professor Adam Nelson on the importance of effective vaccine conversation with patients and how to embed vaccinations into specialist workflow

• Derek Prinsley Memorial Address - Using big data to monitor and improve care quality for older people within and across care settings- a desirable and technically feasible innovation - Maria Inacio
• Australian Dementia Network (ADNeT) Registry - Stephanie Ward

• AI Introduction and Individual Use - Johan Verjans
• Breaking Bad(ly): Predictive AI in hip fracture care - Joanne Tan
• Generative AI Use Cases - Automating Registries and Data Collection - Weng Onn Chan