Rehab Conversation: 28th September, 12pm

The NZ Rehabilitation Association [NZRA] invites you to participate in September's Rehab Conversation.

We run these online 'Rehab Conversations' several times throughout the year - to gather, to connect, to share ideas, and to support each other in our learning and practice. Please share this invitation widely within your networks.

Visual Dysfunction Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: From Lived Experience to Clinical Practice

Laura Kelly

Engagement between physiotherapists and older adults

Calista Fung

Date: Monday 28th September, 12 pm - 12.50 pm

Where: Online via Zoom

When you register, you will receive an email with the Zoom link for the event.

Please share the invitation with anyone you think might be interested in joining us for this session. We ask that they register separately so that we can contact them directly if there are any event changes and/or further information to share. Thanks!

If you are not already a paid-up member, please consider joining. It costs NZ$25 per year- a bargain!

Speakers

Laura is a senior physiotherapist who qualified in Ireland before moving to Auckland in 2018. She has worked across the public and private sectors in New Zealand and for the past six years, has worked predominantly with clients following traumatic brain injury. Her work under the ACC concussion contract sparked a particular interest in understanding more about visual dysfunction following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), including its impact on recovery and challenges accessing appropriate assessment and treatment. This led her to undertake this research as part of her Master of Health Sciences (Rehabilitation) at the University of Otago.

Calista works as an Advanced Physiotherapist for Falls in the Community Older Adult, Rehabilitation and Allied Health Services (ORA) at Health NZ – Te Whatu Ora, Capital & Coast District. In her clinical caseload, she sees a mixture of people with multi-factorial falls, progressive neurological conditions, and various rehabilitation needs, many of whom are older adults. Her advanced physiotherapy work is focused around service development to improve outcomes for people who are falling in the community. Calista graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of Otago in 2016 and with a Master of Health Sciences endorsed in Rehabilitation in 2024. Her Master’s thesis topic was New Zealand physiotherapists' perspectives on patient engagement with older adults: An interpretive description approach.