SPEAKER

Dr Christopher Lien is a Senior Consultant at the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore and is also the Director of Community Geriatrics. A graduate from the National University of Singapore, he completed Basic Specialty Training in Internal Medicine in Singapore and specialty training for General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine in Dundee and the Tayside Region in Scotland. He also has a master’s in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government in Harvard. 

His main interests are in the development of transitional, intermediate and long-term care services and in Parkinson’s Disease in Older People. He is currently involved in falls and frailty efforts and is also the Clinical Lead for the EAGLEcare Programme which was recently accorded the National Medical Excellence Team Award for their work with community partners to deliver Geriatric and end of Life Care in Nursing Homes. He is a previous chair of the Chapter of Geriatricians and is also a governor of the Lien Foundation.

The CGH Steady Feet Programme for Seniors: what we measure and what matters? 

We share our experience in reaching out to community-dwelling seniors at risk of falls with screening, education, assessment and matching to suitable programmes. Community based fitness instructors were trained to conduct and assess outcomes for a “single-component” structured progressive exercise programme for targeted participants. Valuable insights were gained from both significant and non-significant findings as well as interviews and focus groups.

This is a dialogue between speakers on the panel to discuss how to bring about and leverage community and intersectoral (across professions, backgrounds and private/public sectors etc.) collaboration to scale up implementation efforts, as well as increase and sustain positive health (and social) impact.