The 13th Australian Palliative Care Conference 2015
 
Wednesday 2 September, 2015
09:00 - 09:30Opening Ceremony [More Info]
Plenary Room 3
09:30 - 10:15Plenary 1: International comparisons in end-of-life care: what can we learn from them? [More Info]
Plenary Room 3
Professor Joachim Cohen, Professor of the End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University
10:30 - 11:00Morning Tea
Trade Foyer
11:00 - 11:30Plenary 2: Digitalising Companionship [More Info]
Plenary Room 3
Dr Scott Martin, Head of Applied Physics Group, CSIRO
11:30 - 12:30Plenary 3: Panel Discussion - What does palliative care need to do to be fit for the future? [More Info]
Plenary Room 3
Dr Scott Martin, Head of Applied Physics Group, CSIRO
Professor David Currow, Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders Centre for Clinical Change, Flinders University
Dr Gail Eva PhD, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Clinical Sciences , Brunel University London
Dr Christian Sinclair MD, Assistant Professor, Palliative Medicine Division, Internal Medicine Department , University of Kansas Medical Center
12:30 - 13:30Lunch
Trade Foyer
13:30 - 15:30Concurrent Session A1 - Aged Care
Plenary Room 3
13:30 - 13:55A1.1 - Diagnoses, symptoms and outcomes in aged care residents referred to a community palliative care service [More Info]
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Dr. Catherine Brimblecombe, Registrar, Western Health
13:55 - 14:20A1.2 - Translating Knowledge into Practice: The Impact of the Palliative Approach Toolkit [More Info]
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Professor Deborah Parker, Director, Centre for Applied Nursing Research
14:20 - 14:35A1.3 - The Role of specialist palliative care in dementia; The EPC dementia project [More Info]
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Mrs Jeanette Liebelt, Dementia Project worker, Eastern Palliative Care Association Incorporated
14:35 - 15:00A1.4 - The Importance of Residential Aged Care in Palliative Care in New Zealand [More Info]
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Professor Heather McLeod, Consultant, Palliative Care Council New Zealand
15:00 - 15:15A1.5 - The EoL Dementia Care E Learning Resource [More Info]
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Helene Hipp, Dementia Educator, Alzheimer's Australia SA
15:15 - 15:30A1.6 - Specialist Palliative Care Services: Support for Aged Care Services [More Info]
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Professor Deborah Parker, Director, Centre for Applied Nursing Research
13:30 - 15:30Concurrent Session A2 - Technology
Meeting Room 219
13:30 - 13:55A2.1 - Exploring patient and carer experience of a community palliative care telehealth intervention [More Info]
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Dr Deidre Morgan, Lecturer, Flinders University
13:55 - 14:10A2.2 - Electronic screening for cancer pain and other symptoms: fit for the future? [More Info]
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Ms Mary-Rose Birch, Research Nurse, HammondCare
14:10 - 14:35A2.3 - Implementation of a pilot telehealth program in community palliative care: the perspectives of palliative care clinicians. [More Info]
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Dr Aileen Collier, Lecturer, Flinders University
14:35 - 14:50A2.4 - Reaching the masses: using Facebook to explain palliative care [More Info]
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Dr Leeroy William, Palliative Medicine Specialist, Monash Health
14:50 - 15:10A2.5 - Social media advocacy to crowd-source funding for palliative repatriation: A Case Study from Palliverse [More Info]
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Dr Craig Sinclair, Research Fellow, Rural Clinical School of Western Australia
15:10 - 15:30A2.6 - Smart Phone Apps and General Practitioners: A Portable Solution for Community Care [More Info]
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Paul Tait, Advanced Practice Pharmacist, Southern Adelaide Palliative Services
13:30 - 15:30Concurrent Session A3 - Clinical 1
Meeting Room 220
13:30 - 13:55A3.1 - Randomised double blind placebo controlled phase II trial of melatonin for prevention of delirium in inpatients with advanced cancer [More Info]
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Dr Tim Luckett, Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
13:55 - 14:20A3.2 - Ketamine use in hospice patients before and after the randomised controlled trial of ketamine in cancer pain: A single centre retrospective review [More Info]
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Dr Alison White, Palliative Care Advanced Trainee, St George Hospital
14:20 - 14:45A3.3 - End of life medications in NZ: Variations over time and context [More Info]
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Dr Brian Ensor, Director of Palliative Care, Mary Potter Hospice
14:45 - 15:00A3.4 - Defining and identifying opioid errors in adult palliative care and oncology settings: The PERISCOPE Study. [More Info]
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Nicole Heneka, PhD Candidate, University of Notre Dame Australia
15:00 - 15:15A3.5 - Transition to palliative care for patients with metastatic prostate cancer: A population cohort study [More Info]
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Ms Anna Collins, Research fellow, Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
15:15 - 15:30A3.6 - Effect of a proactive model of palliative care service delivery in Residential Aged Care Facilities on hospitalisation and location of death [More Info]
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Ms Nikki Johnston, Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Calvary Health Care ACT
13:30 - 15:30Concurrent Session A4 - Indigenous
Meeting Room 216
13:30 - 13:55A4.1 - Research: Patient preference regarding place of death in the Australian rural setting [More Info]
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Ms Joanne Cooper, Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Consultant, Northern NSW Local Health District
13:55 - 14:20A4.2 - Nga rangahau awarua: co-production of knowledge in bicultural palliative care research with Māori in Aotearoa, New Zealand [More Info]
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Merryn Gott, Professor of Health Sciences, University of Auckland
14:20 - 14:35A4.3 - End-of-life care: a comparison of palliative care patient symptom management in regional and rural community settings [More Info]
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Dr Greg Barclay, Director of Palliative Care Services, Port Kembla Hospital
14:35 - 14:50A4.4 - The DHHS Victorian Aboriginal Palliative Care Collaborative [More Info]
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Steve Kirkbright, Project Manager, Centre for Palliative Care
14:50 - 15:10A4.5 - Kwatja kwenye – Without water [More Info]
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Mr Fred Miegel, Clinical Nurse Manager, NT DoH
15:10 - 15:30A4.6 - Strengths and complexities of Bicultural practice [More Info]
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Mrs Tracey Watters, Chief Executive, Palliative Care South Australia Inc
13:30 - 15:30Concurrent Session A5 - Allied Health
Meeting Room 217
13:30 - 13:55A5.1 - Patients views about physiotherapy in palliative care: A series of case studies [More Info]
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Mrs Pauline Cerdor, Physiotherapist, Peninsula Health
13:55 - 14:10A5.2 - A Continuous Quality Improvement Collaborative Project: Support for Carers of Palliative Care Patients [More Info]
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Amanda Henderson, Senior Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast
14:10 - 14:35A5.3 - Work is an important - and neglected - issue in palliative care [More Info]
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Dr Gail Eva PhD, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Clinical Sciences , Brunel University London
14:35 - 15:00A5.4 - Music Therapy & Paediatric Palliative Care: exploring the effect of music therapy on perceived pain and memory making. [More Info]
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Angela Delaney, Music Therapist, Paediatric Palliative Care Service Qld (PPCS)
15:00 - 15:15A5.5 - Establishing a volunteer based Dignity Therapy service [More Info]
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Mr Russell Armstrong, Supportive Care Worker (Spiritual), Barwon Health
15:15 - 15:30A5.6 - Palliative rehabilitation: a qualitative study of Australian practice and attitudes [More Info]
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Dr Fiona Runacres, Palliative Care VMO, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem & Alfred Health
13:30 - 15:30Concurrent Session A6 - Workshops
Meeting Room 218
13:30 - 14:30A6.1 - Over the Silver Rainbow [More Info]
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Samantha Edmonds, Manager, Ageing and Aged Care Project, National LGBTI Health Alliance
14:30 - 15:30A6.2 - Using the arts to engage and build capacity about dying, death and loss. [More Info]
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Ms Kerrie Noonan, Director, The GroundSwell Project
15:30 - 16:00Afternoon Tea
Trade Foyer
16:00 - 16:10What's new in the sector? [More Info]
Plenary Room 3
16:10 - 16:20Nick Champion MP on palliative care [More Info]
Plenary Room 3
16:20 - 16:50Plenary 4: Value adding to clinical care. Randomised controlled trials in palliative care [More Info]
Plenary Room 3
Professor David Currow, Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders Centre for Clinical Change, Flinders University
16:50 - 17:15Plenary 5: Social Media as Public Health [More Info]
Plenary Room 3
Dr Christian Sinclair MD, Assistant Professor, Palliative Medicine Division, Internal Medicine Department , University of Kansas Medical Center