2015 ACS & AAG Regional Conference
 
Day Two - March 6, 2015
8:30 am - 9:00 amConference Registration
9:00 am - 9:20 amDay 2 Opening Address
9:20 am - 9:50 amKEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Nick Ryan, CEO, Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
9:50 am - 10:20 amEvaluating Effectiveness and Demonstrating Impact. The development of the ACCOMM, an Outcomes Tool for Consumer-Directed and other Care at Home in Australia
Michael Fine, Macquaire University
10:30 am - 11:00 amMORNING TEA
Concurrent Session 3AConcurrent Session 3B
11:00 am - 11:20 amAn investigation of quality of life of people livign in the IRT Retirement Community: A pilot study
Barbara Squires, Research and Advocacy Advisor , IRT Group 		Moving into Residential Aged Care: Turning Research into Good Practice
Evan Rollins, Project Officer, Alzheimer’s Australia NSW
11:20 am - 11:40 pmCollecting the Reality
Simone Stuart, NSW State HACC Development Officier , Illawarra Forum 		"Senior Smiles" - Oral health in residential aged care facilities - a new model of care
Janet Wallace, Lecturer in Oral Health , The University of Newcastle
11:40 am - 12:00 pmDevelopment of a whole-of-community aged care student placement model
Narelle Mills, Manager Aged Care , Murrumbidgee Medicare Local
Jane Anderson - Wurf, Project Manager , Murrumbidgee Medicare Local		IRT Ageing with disability partnership
Heather Marciano, Ageing with Disability Partnerships coordinator – Pathways, IRT
12:00 pm - 12:20 pmCommitting to collaboratives - stretching the boundaries
Therese Findlay, Coordinator , NSW Elder Abuse Helpline & Resources Unit 		Enhancing Quality and Performance of Aged Care Facilities: Retrofitting for thermal comfort and dementia-friendly design
Federico Tartarini, PhD Candidate , University of Wollongong
12:20 pm - 12:30 pmQ & AQ & A
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmLUNCH
1:30 pm - 1:55 pmTransferring from acute to residential care: Complex decisions for consumers, carers and health professionals
Tiffany Northhall, Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery , University of Western Sydney
1:55 pm - 2:20 pmChanges to Culture and Models of Care
Rodney Jilek, Clinical Adviser, Aged Care Quality & Compliance
2:20 pm - 2:45 pmAdjusting to the 21st Century Ageing Revolution/ The new face of ageing in the 21st century
Audrey Guy, Visiting Fellows, University of Canberra
2:45 pm - 3:10 pmDementia Friendly Communities Pilot - Kiama
Kylie Watkins, Policy Officer – Dementia-friendly Communities, Alzheimer's Australia
3:20 pm - 3:20 pmConference Closing Address