About the Forum
Building on the resounding success of the inaugural Palliative & Aged Care Forum 2017, Clariden is proud to host the 2nd Annual Palliative, Aged & Dementia Care Forum from 3 – 5 July 2018 in Melbourne, Australia and we are happy to welcome you back!
Spanning across 3 days encompassing pertinent and comprehensive topics in Palliative, Aged & Dementia Care, this 2nd year running forum will highlight even more award winning and highly endorsed innovative models of care, featuring key areas like pain management, tele-health, assistive technologies, aged care funding models and many other novel best practices in the ageing landscape.
The forum will feature key initiatives and developments in all 3 areas – Palliative, Aged & Dementia Care, complemented with successful case studies, evidence-based practices as well as a wealth of experience sharing sessions focusing on delivering compassionate and sustainable care for the global ageing community.
Why Join This Forum
4 Key Reasons to Attend the 2nd Annual Palliative, Aged & Dementia Care Forum
- Model best practices from award winning palliative, aged & dementia care providers
- Strategically future-proof your aged care institutions with elderly centric & personalized care models
- Leverage on critically acclaimed industry leaders’ insights into providing innovative & inclusive palliative, aged & dementia care
- Network and foster partnerships in delivering holistic, supportive and comprehensive aged care services
The Forum at a Glance
DAY 1: Tuesday 3 July 2018
Palliative Care
- Keynote Session: Transforming End of Life Care and Palliative Care with International Best Practices
- Delivering Best Practices in Palliative Care by Incorporating Psychosocial, Spiritual, Emotional and Physical Needs
- Management of Complex Pain in Palliative Care
- Overcoming Difficult End of Life Conversations
- Planning for Optimal Advance Care Directives
- Increasing Access of Palliative Care for the Minorities
DAY 2: Wednesday 4 July 2018
Aged Care
- Delivering a Consumer-Centric Aged Care Service in a CDC Market
- Effectiveness of Community Aged Care Services to Improve Elderly Well-Being and Outcomes
- Future of Aged Care Workforce: Managing Manpower Shortages in Aged Care Facilities with Digital Assistive Technologies and Robotic Nurses
- Re-Purposing Smart Technologies to Meet the Needs of Ageing Australians
- Increasing Aged Caregivers’ Resiliency with Grief & Bereavement Programmes
DAY 3: Thursday 5 July 2018
Dementia Care
- Australia’s First Dementia Village: Korongee Village Case Study
- The Physical Environment – Innovation & Design: Designing for People with Dementia
- The Dementia Care in Hospitals Program
- Applying Person-Centred Approach in Dementia Care
- How Virtual Reality is Transforming Dementia Care in Australia
- Applying Intelligent Assistive Technology in Dementia Care
- Exploring Novel Therapies in Dementia Care
Companies Expected at the Forum
- Austalian Red Cross Blood Service
- Australian Catholic University
- Autumn Care
- Bupa Aged Care
- Carers Victoria
- CliniCloud
- Drake Medox
- Grattan Institute
- HCF: Hospital Contribution Fund
- Heti: Health Education & Training Institute
- HKS Architects
- HSPC
- iCareHealth
- Institute of Health and Aging
- La Trobe University
- MedBank
- Merri Health
- Nazareth Care
- RACGP: Royal Australian College of General Practicioner
- RDNS- Royal District Nursing Service
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Shepparton Villages
- St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
- TCM – Aged and disability software
- Tectura Architects
- Thomson Adsett
- Tunstall Australia
- Uniting Age Well
- Uniting Care LifeAssist
- University of Melbourne