News
Pilot Course Registration
25-03-2020
A pilot version of the Fall-in-Age course (English Language) will take place in the next months, aiming the evaluation of the course structure and contents by the project stakeholders and by an external panel of experts and professionals. The course will be divided in 4 modules with 5 lessons each. It will also include strengthen and extension activities to explore the contents addressed in the theoretical lessons. The course is planned to take 40 hours including autonomous work (~1.5 ECTS). More details of the course structure and curriculum can be consulted in the e-Course section. After the conclusion, an approval certificate will be delivered to the course participants. The pilot course will be hosted on the IBV Virtual Campus (https://campus.ibv.org/). If you are interested in participating, please contact: fallinage@tecnico.ulisboa.pt or fill out the registration form. Your participation will be essential to improve the overall quality of the course. It is expected to release the final version in 4 languages (English, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian) by the end of the year.
Start of Intellectual Output 2
05-09-2019
Intellectual Output 2 (IO2), which will be led by the UL team, will start this month with the assignment of the different tasks to the project partners. The major goal will be the development of the course contents and its integration in an online platform. Posteriorly, a validation of the course will be made, considering a panel of external experts on the covered topics.
End of Intellectual Output 1
01-09-2019
The definition of the course curriculum and structure marks the end of the Intellectual Output 1 (IO1). The different tasks allowed a better characterization of the project needs and to explore the potential interest by the project stakeholders. The IO1 results were very positive, showing a clear need for courses in the areas of frailty and falls. The analysis of the results retrieved by the different partners allowed to define the course structure and the topics, according to the information provided by the other project stockholders, which included people from different areas (e.g. Medical doctors, nurses, hospital managers, physiotherapists, formal and informal caregivers, students, among others). Summarizing, the course will consider 4 modules that are divided in 3 sessions (2 sessions that include theory and applied examples and 1 for evaluation). The topics of the different modules comprise an introduction to the concepts of the frailty and falls, methodologies for frailty assessment, guidelines for intervention, cost evaluation of the frailty and falls problematics at social and institutional level, among others. The specific topics of the course will be presented in a near future in the Fall-in-Age webpage.
Project Kick-off
20-10-2018
Fall-in-Age project will begin officially on 1st November 2018. The first stage of the project encompasses the following tasks:
- 1. Collection and analysis of the body of literature on frailty and falls management;
- 2. Gathering specific training requirements through the realization of focus groups and online surveys with potential stakeholders;
- 3. Definition of the course learning objectives, course syllabus, evaluation and self-assessment methods, and recognition framework.
Events
3rd Multiplier Event - Online
23-09-2020
On 8th October 2020, EGPRN will host the 3rd and last Multiplier Event of the Fall-in-Age Project. ME3 will bring together experts from different medical specialities to discuss topics related with frailty and falls prevention. It will include several thematic sessions and discussion panels moderated by members of the Fall-in-Age Consortium. ME3 will also promote the Fall-in-Age project and online course to the participants, aiming to spread it among the medical community. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the event will be hosted online in the EGPRN website. ME3 will be free of charge and open to all community. If you are interested in participating, please visit: ME3 Registration or contact: fallinage@tecnico.ulisboa.pt For more information, please visit: ME3 Information
2nd Multiplier Event - Italy
31-07-2020
On 30th September 2020, INRCA will organize the 2nd multiplier event. The event will present the Fall-in-Age project and online course to the participants. It will also include thematic sessions and discussion panels in the areas of frailty and falls prevention. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the sessions will be hosted online. The event will be free of charge and open to all community. If you are interested in participating, please visit: ME2 Registration or contact: fallinage@tecnico.ulisboa.pt For more information, please visit: ME2 Information
2nd and 3rd Multiplier Events
17-02-2020
The 2nd and 3rd Multiplier Events, which were schedule for the next months, have been postponed due to SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. The new dates will be announced soon. For more information, please contact: fallinage@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
1st Multiplier Event - Portugal
17-02-2020
On February 13th 2020, UL team organized the 1st Multiplier Event of the Fall-in-Age Project in Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting had as main objective the presentation of the project to possible stakeholders, such as medical doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, formal and informal caregivers, fitness trainers, students, among others. The event included a formal presentation of the project and different discussion panels with professionals and experts from different institutions. The debate focused on the problematics of the frailty and falls in the community. The role of the different institutions, as well as the role of the technology in the assessment of the frailty in elderly was also one of the topics in discussion. The participants could intervene by questioning the panel members and participating in an open debate moderated by the UL team. Moreover, the event included a workshop focused on solutions for evaluation of frailty and falls risk developed by the project partners and other Portuguese companies. A detailed description of the Multiplier Event agenda can be consulted on Mult. Event section. In the presentation, the Project Coordinator professor Miguel Tavares da Silva informed that the course contents are ready and it is expected to launch a pilot version in the following months. If you are interested in participating in the course, feel free to contact us: fallinage@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Multiplier Event - Portugal
13-01-2020
On 13th February (9am to 1pm), UL will host the 1st multiplier event in the Auditório da Incubadora of the Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal). The event will be divided in 3 parts and has as main objective the presentation of the Fall-in-Age project to possible stakeholders. The first part will include a short description of the course objectives to the participants. The course structure and curriculum, which were achieved in the end of the Intellectual Output 1, will also be discussed. The second part of the event will include a discussion panel entitled “O papel da tecnologia na avaliação da fragilidade e do risco de quedas. Onde estamos?” (The role of the technology on the assessment of frailty and falls risk. Where are we now?) Finally, in the end of the event, the participants will be invited to enter in an open debate with the panel experts and the project members. The event will include also a workshop focused on solutions for evaluation of frailty and falls risk developed by the project partners. If you are interested in participating, please visit the website: http://formesp.fmh.ulisboa.pt/fall-in-age/ or contact: fallinage@tecnico.ulisboa.pt For more information, please visit: Multiplier Event 1
2nd TPM - Intellectual Output 2
01-11-2019
The 2nd transnational project meeting will be hosted on 11th November 2019 in INRCA, Ancona. The participants will discuss the IO2, with particular focus on the development and revision of the course contents. Other issues related with the project administration, dissemination and exploitation will also be covered.
Focus Groups – Definition of the Training Requirements
03-01-2019
January will be marked by different discussion sessions, where the different aspects of the course contents will be explored and debated with professionals and students of areas related with the project topics. The focus groups will be hosted by the different project partners in different locations (Portugal, Spain, Italy and Netherlands) and will count with the presence of medical doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, medical and engineer students, manager of senior residences, etc.,). The meetings outputs will be essential to identify and characterize the problem in study and define the Fall-in-Age course structure and contents.
1st TPM - Kick-off Meeting
18-11-2018
The first transnational project meeting will be hosted on 27th November 2018 in Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon. The meeting marks the beginning of the project, focusing on the presentation of the partners, the definition of the tasks and the creation of the Steering Committee. The meeting will include a workshop entitled “Workshop on Current Technologies Related to Frailty and Falls Prevention”, which will also include presentations on previous related projects developed by each partner.
