Day 2 – Afternoon

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

Session Details

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.

Session Details

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