Frailty & Falls – A holistic approach to safer mobility and reablement
12 Nov 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
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This webinar explores the complex relationship between ageing, frailty, and falls - offering a holistic view of risk factors, prevention, and management strategies. It’s designed to inform practice across all clinical settings where nurses and allied health professionals care for frail older adults, supporting safer mobility and reablement.
Whether you're in acute care, community services, or residential settings, this session will provide valuable insights to enhance your approach to older people’s care.
Speaker bios
Linda Horan
Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist, Older Person Assessment Unit, Guys Hospital
Linda brings expert Occupational Therapy input to older adults with complex needs. Her work focuses on falls prevention and management in the community, using advanced clinical reasoning to support functional independence. She’ll discuss defining falls, their impact, risk factors, and the multifactorial approach to assessment and intervention, highlighting the vital role of OT in community care.
Lindsay Dingwall, RN – Adult, BN SPQ Older People, PGCert THE, PGCert Advanced Practice, MRes
Clinical Associate (Specialist Practitioner in Older People)
With over 40 years of experience, Lindsay is a leading voice in older people’s nursing. She’s worked across NHS, academia, and the private sector, and is a published author and international speaker on frailty and ageing.
Donna Little, RN, MSc, Prof Doc Student
Lead Consultant Practitioner | Deputy Chair, RCN Trauma and Orthopaedic Nursing Forum
Donna specialises in orthopaedics, frailty, dementia care, and silver trauma. She leads falls pathway development and inpatient rehab across multiple NHS Trusts and is actively shaping best practice in trauma care and rehabilitation.
Megan King
megan.king@rcn.org.uk
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