Back from lunch, exploring the exhibition and the programmed events, and ready for the next session!
1:20 pm Concurrent Sessions 1
A: Governance and Risk
A.1: The Risk Monster: Reducing Risk as harm.
Prof. Wendy Moyle, Griffith University
A.2: Riskman – An integrated risk management database in aged care.
An organisation’s experience. Stuart Thorne & members of care team, HammondCare
B: Intellectual disabilities and dementia
Supporting people with a learning disability and dementia: What is needed?
Diana Kerr
C: Younger people with dementia
C.1: Are we listening? Using the consumer voice to improve service provision for younger people with dementia. Dr Adrienne Withall, University of NSW
C.2: Younger people with dementia: the challenges, the lessons and meeting their needs. Danielle McIntosh, HammondCare
C.3: Younger people with dementia: understanding the story of survival.
Prof. Victoria Traynor, University of Wollongong
D: Care Plan Assessment Tool
J-CPAT and CPAT: An Australian and Japanese perspective on reducing risk in an intelligent and measured way. An effective decision-making tool for care recipients and strategic planning in aged care. Dr Sumiko Kanegae, Hiramatsu Lady’s Clinic,and Rejane LeGrange, HammondCare
E: Supporting the carer to care
E.1: “From the heart” A carer’s perspective.
Family carers of loved ones with dementia
E.2: Training eldercare workers in dementia care.
Dr Gwen-Li Sin, Singapore General Hospital
E.3: Community care options are evolving: why are residential care options so restrictive? Christine Atkins, Anglican-Chesalon Services
F: Designing for Freedom or Security
F.1: How colour symbolises equality, embraces diversity, promotes communication, reduces risk, encourages safety and nurtures harmony within the built environment. Pamela Topping, University of Ulster
F.2: The false security of handrails in residential aged care facilities.
Lenore de la Perelle, ACH Group
2:50 pm Afternoon Tea
3:10 pm Concurrent Sessions 2:
A: Breaking tradition in hospital care
A.1: Dementia care in general hospitals: challenges, risks & opportunities.
Dr Sridhar Vaitheswaran, NHS Grampian
A.2: “She is my mum, not the woman in bay 13″ – how personal experience influenced a service’s approach to our clients being admitted to a public hospital. Louise Jones, Amana Living
A.3: Cognition Care Support Team: Improving health outcomes for older poeple with cognitive impairment in acute care settings. Kelly Burns, Peninsula Health.
B: No Sex Please – I’m not allowed!
B.1: Sex… that’s not on the menu! Katryna Harman, Specialist Mental Health Service for Older People, Hunter New England Health Service.
B.2: “Well, that’s the way it has to be.. I’m not to behave differently…” Expression of sexual needs and behaviour before and after dementia.
Dr Cindy Jones, Griffith Health Institute – Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation
B.3: Maintaining identity: a proactive approach to differing sexual preferences. Elaine White, Registered Nurse and Educator.
C: Recruiting the right people for risk
C.1: Growing the aged care sandpit. Peter Birkett, Hesse Rural Health
C.2: “You’ve neglected us” – respecting the choices of our clients and the well-being of our care workers. Sally Yule, HammondCare
C.3: The right staff for person-centred care: How do you know you are selecting the best? Bernie McCarthy, McCarthy Psycological Services
D: The pleasure of eating
D.1: Food and Safety: balancing quality of life and risk. Dr Chris Poulos, University of New South Wales
D.2: “Engaging with the experience” – an interactive session on cooking and the person with dementia. Peter Morgan-Jones, Executive Chef, HammondCare
E: At-Home support
E.1: Telehealth and telecare in support of people with dementia and their carers. Dr Stella Clark, NHS 24
E.2: The secret life of people with dementia. Ellen Bragger, Just Checking Ltd.
E.3: After hours - risk & rescue. An after-hours approach to care.
Bev Allen, Kim Coady and the Care Team, HammondCare.
4:40 pm Beverages, Banter & Bon Voyage!
Join us in the Exhibition Hall to reflect on some of the key idea from the last two days over drinks and finger food. A final chance to network with colleagues, look at the exhibitors or make a last minute purchase! This event is included in the registration fee.
5:00 pm Conference Closes