Forum Highlights

10 Reasons to join us in July

Acquire award winning and successfully implemented palliative, aged & dementia care plans
Glean insights from leading aged care experts in the field to help ease elders’ smooth transition into ageing
Enhance your organization’s delivery of care with easy-to-use, practical technology-enabled care like tele-health & assistive technologies
Improve your existing palliative, aged & dementia care with highly endorsed evidence-based practices that aim to drive the uptake of advance care directives
Navigate in the aged care sector more effectively by overcoming challenges in funding and maintaining aged care quality standard
Gain novel & effective solutions presented by brilliant and compassionate peers in highly engaging and interactive learning sessions
Capitalize on case-based presentations to create equal, affordable and inclusive environment for all ageing Australians to access palliative, aged & dementia care
Align your aged care action plans to the needs & wishes of the elders to age-in-place, in grace and in peace
Redesign the aged care environment by providing comprehensive care for both elders and aged care staff
Establish and engage in mutually beneficial partnerships with public & private hospitals, aged care providers and other key players to ensure the sustainability of the aged care ecosystem

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