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Professor Matthew Parsons – “We expected life expectancy to plateau about 10 to 20 years ago.”

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Text appear: “Professional Matthew Parsons” – “Clinical Chair in Gerontology” – University of Auckland” 

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Professor Matthew Parsons – “It hasn’t, it’s continuing to go up, every day we live a little longer, that’s important, it must be celebrated. However, old age also has some challenges. One of them is obviously falls.”

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Narrator - “For ACC, falls are the most significant and costly cause of injury for those over the age of 65. We know that a fall can mean loss of confidence and potentially a loss of independence. For some people it can be catastrophic.” 

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Professor Matthew Parsons – “Around 30% of people over the age of 65 fall over at least once a year. As you grow older – over 75, this doubles to 60%. So, given that we’ve got a significant increase if the number of people over the next 20 years”

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Professor Matthew Parsons – “and particularly a tripling in the numbers of people over 75, that begins to have an impact.”

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Narrator – “Unless we do something to support people to live well in their own homes and remain physically active, the demands on the health system including ACC, will be significant.” 

Text appear: “The lifetime costs of falls for people over 65 years, to ACC, are $556m” 

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Narrator – “The fall and fracture system is where all parties focus on a common agenda, reducing falls and fractures and their impact.”

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Narrator – “It’s where we all carry out mutually reinforcing activities that bring together, or integrate primary prevention, secondary prevention and rehabilitation and measure the outcomes collectively. That’s what’s going to make a real difference for older New Zealanders.” 

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Nan Robinson - “We’re trained in what to do.”

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Text appear: “Nan Robinson” – “Community Strength and Balance” – “Peer leader – Katikati” 

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Nan Robinson – “What are the dangers that are there for you and how you can counteract them” 

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Nan Robinson – “and become aware of them and get confidence,” 

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Nan Robinson – “so whatever you do you are in control.” 

Text appear: “In the next 3-4 years investment in the falls programme will prevent” – “7,163 falls” – “2,966 fractures” – “89 deaths”

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Professor Matthew Parsons – “To stop people falling over or to reduce the risk of people falling over in later life needs not just one discipline, not just one person, but a community and a range of health services. It’s complex and it needs to be complex in order to be successful.” 

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Text appear: “Dr Phil Wood” – “Chief Advisor – Health of Older People Ministry of Health” – “Senior Clinical Advisor – Older Persons Health Waikato DHB” 

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Dr Phil Wood – “We need to share the models of care so there is consistency of quality and that makes it easy for clinicians to do the right thing. We need to be prepared to share information better and learn from that.” 

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Dr Shankar Sankaran in a gym setting 

Text appear: “Dr Shankar Sankaran” – “Consultant Geriatrician – Clinical Leader” – “Whole of Systems – Health for Older People” – “Middlemore Hospital” 

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Dr Shankar Sankaran – “As clinicians, what we need to do is drive this programme. We need to work in partnership with the management team to get these programmes underway.” 

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Benedict Hefford – “If we join forces we can reach more of those older people sooner to prevent some of those catastrophic events and help them stay well at home. We can definitely go further, faster together.” 

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Carolyn Gullery – “And it makes a difference not only for our old people, but it uses our resources in the health system much better and it also makes a big difference for society.” 

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