2015 ACS & AAG Regional Conference
 
Day One - March 5, 2015
8:00 am - 9:00 amConference Registration
9:00 am - 9:10 amWelcome to Country
9:10 am - 9:40 amConference Welcome & Opening Address
Illana Halliday, Chief Executive Officer , Aged & Community Services NSW & ACT
9:40 am - 10:10 amThe Health Reforms
Professor Kathy Eager, Director, AHSRI , University of Wollongong
10:10 am - 10:40 amMeasuring Outcomes in Community Care: The impact on policy, practice and research of developments in England
Prof Anne Netten, PSSRU, University of Kent at Canterbury
10:40 am - 10:45 amMajor Sponsors Address
Elaine Lawler, HESTA
10:45 am - 11:15 amMORNING TEA
CONCURRENT SESSION 1A - Aged/Acute InterfaceCONCURRENT SESSION 1B - Outcomes Based Quality Improvement
11:15 am - 11:35 amAdapting ACE to a rural community
Jacqueline Hewitt, Aged Care Emergency Clinical Nurse Consultant | Patient Flow Unit , Hunter New England health
The Impact and Significance of Measuring Outcomes: Australian / International Experience
Representative from, AHSRI
11:35 am - 11:55 amCounting the cost of changing practice - the economic evaluation of the implementation of the Aged Care emergency Program in the Hunter Medicare Local Region
Catherine Turner, After Hours Program Manager, Hunter Medicare Local
Using quality reports to choose between residential aged care providers
Lisa Trigg, NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science
11:55 am - 12:15 pmA six week multi-disciplinary Hospital Avoidance Program for people over 65
Dr Penny Webster, Staff Specialist in Geriatric Medicine, Community Acute Post Acute Care, Hunter New England Local Health District
Developing Best Practice for Physical Activity and Exercise Programs for People Living with Dementia
Kylie Miskovski, Senior Research and Policy Officer, Alzheimer's Australia NSW
12:15 pm - 12:35 pmA collaborative approach to planning and delivering care for confused older people in Hospital
Representative from, NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation
What does good quality residential dementia care really look like? A systematic review of the evidence
Sarah MacPherson, Clinical Research Office, Aged Care Evaluation Unit, Southern LHD
12:35 pm - 12:50 pmQ & AQ & A
12:50 pm - 1:50 pmLUNCH
1:50 pm - 3:00 pmPANEL SESSION - Issues of sexual expression and an older person with dementia
What are the legal issues to consider? How might a family react? What should a provider be doing?
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmAFTERNOON TEA
CONCURRENT SESSION 2A - Clinical StudiesCONCURRENT SESSION 2B - Culture & Change
3:30 pm - 3:50 pmInpatient Care and Beyond
Sanjay Gangadharan, Advanced Trainee in Geriatrics, Greater Newcastle Cluster, Hunter New England Local Health District
Thriving through change
Janice Stokes, Business Manager/Sydney West, BaptistCare NSW & ACT
3:50 pm - 4:10 pmOutcomes of rehabilitation for reconditioning: falls, frailty, care service requirements - what does the national data tell us?
Jacquelin Capell, Research Fellow, Australiasian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong
Workplace culture: the possibilities and the power
Deborah McKern, Director of Nursing, Estia Health Dalmeny
4:10 pm - 4:30 pmThe impact of fruit flavonoids on cognition in older adults with Alzheimer's type dementia
Katherine Caldwell, University of Wollongong
Making change stick. Effective engagement strategies in a large change program
Anne Chamberlain, Program Development Manager, Community Ageing & Disability Services, Benevolent Society
4:30 pm - 4:45 pmQ & AQ & A
4:45 pm - 4:45 pmDay One Close


AAG & ACS Regional Conference Dinner

Venue  - Coachhouse Marina Resort
Time - 6.00pm (meet at the Conference Venue for Transfers)
             6.30pm Pre Dinner Drinks 
             7.00pm Seated for Dinner 

All guests will be transferred from the conference venue to the dinner venue and return at the end of the evening.
Guests who wish to make there own way to the dinner venue are more than welcome.