DAY 4 of #FallsAwarenessWeek Webinar series

Keep On Keep Up (KOKU) - The importance of strength and balance to combat deconditioning 

We are excited to confirm that Dr. Emma Stanmore will lead a session on Keep On Keep Up (KOKU).

Title: Fear of falling: Consequences for balance and falls - The importance of strength and balance to combat deconditioning
Date: Friday, 23 September 2022
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 BST
Duration: 1 hour

Dr. Emma Stanmore
Reader in the School of Health Sciences and Deputy Lead for the Healthy Ageing Research Group at Manchester University

Dr. Emma Stanmore, Reader in the School of Health Sciences, gained her bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees from the University of Manchester and is Deputy Lead for the Healthy Ageing Research Group. She has over 20 years of combined experience in healthcare, research and teaching, with a particular focus on health innovation (new ways of delivering care or use of digital health technologies to promote uptake, access to services and avoid hospitalisation) and the promotion of healthy ageing. 

Before joining the Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work in 2005, Emma implemented a number of new healthcare schemes as Clinical Manager in primary care. This included hospital at home for patients with COPD, generic healthcare assistants—trained in nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy (OT) and speech and language therapy (SALT)—community rapid response schemes and care home training co-ordinators. The aim of all of these was to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and improve care for older people. 

Emma has completed research projects that investigated:

• Falls incidence
• Fear of falling and risks for people with rheumatoid arthritis
• User-centred health technologies in rehabilitation (RehabMat to measure balance using iMagiMat technology)
• The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Exergames (gamified active-video games that track real time adherence) for falls prevention exercises amongst older people.

Her current programme of research focuses on using gamification to improve health literacy and prevent functional decline in older adults. 

Dr. Stanmore also works as Ambassador for Manchester: Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology (MIMIT™ affiliate of MIT, Boston) to accelerate the development of new healthcare technologies by enabling innovators. She is Business Engagement Lead for the Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, charged with increasing industry/commercial collaborations. Finally, Emma has held grants as PI from Versus Arthritis, MRC, Innovate UK, ESRC, Wellcome Trust and NHS Trusts, and as Co-I from the European Commission, NIHR and Innovation Fund Denmark.