| Thursday 7 April | ||
 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Conference Registration | |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Welcome to Country | |
| 10:10 am - 10:15 am | Conference Welcome Illana Halliday, Chief Executive Officer , Aged & Community Services NSW & ACT Anthony Brown, President, Australian Association of Gerontology, NSW Division | |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | New Thinking About Ageing & Aged Care: Intergenerational Perspectives Adj Prof Michael Fine, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University | |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Workforce Issues in Rural Community Aged Care Professor Jeni Warburton, John Richards Chair of Rural Aged Care Research, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University | |
| 11:15 am - 11:25 am | Q & A | |
| 11:25 am - 11:30 am | Sponsors Address Representative from FACS | |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | MORNING TEA | |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | CONCURRENT SESSION 1A - Dementia | CONCURRENT SESSION 1B - Critical Communications |
| So that's how they feel! "Reflections: Understanding the impact of cognitive changes on the person living with dementia" Catherine Brown, Registered Nurse, NP Psychogeriatrics & Cognition Cert IV Trainer, MCN (Aged Care) | Caring for Residents with Dysfunctional or Difficult Family Members or Substitute Decision Makers - Rights, Risks, Recommendations Arthur Koumoukelis, Partner, Gadens |
| More than just the behaviour: the role and experience of the National Severe Behaviour Response Team Marie Alford, Head of National Severe Behaviour Response Team and NSW DBMAS, HammondCare | The value of using an appreciative inquiry approach and authentic partnerships in attracting registered nurses to rural aged care facilities and services Dr Maree Bernoth, Senior Lecturer, Charles Sturt University |
| Committing Hospitals to Improving Cognitive Care Anne Cumming, Principal Advisor for Cognitive Impairment, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | "What if I don't know what I want?" - How to enhance choice and decision making for Home Care Clients into the future Pauline Cooper, General Manager, LifeCare@Home, RSL Life Care |
| 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm | Q & A | Q & A |
| 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm | LUNCH | |
| 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm | CONCURRENT SESSION 2A - Carers | CONCURRENT SESSION 2B - Healthy Ageing |
| NSW Carers Strategy Claire Edmonds, Policy Officer, Office for Carers, Department of Family and Community Services Karen Turvey, Senior Policy Officer, Office for Carers, Department of Family and Community Services | Healthy Ageing in the 21st Century Dr Audrey Guy, Visiting Fellow, University of Canberra |
| Life in Motion Project Kylie Jacques, Marketing Manager, Anglican Care Jane Meldrum, Lifestyle & Being Coordinator, Anglican Care | |
| What is the impact on Carers of the Commonwealth Home Care Packages? Cathy Duncan, Research Fellow, Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI) , University of Wollongong | Delivering Well-being and Creative Ageing Programs in regional, rural and remote NSW Karn Nelson, Executive General Manager, Straetgic Policy and Research, The Whiddon Group |
| 3:10 pm - 3:20 pm | Q & A | Q & A |
| 3:20 pm - 3:40 pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |
| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm | Count me in - creating inclusive LGBTI aged care services Carrie Hayter, Carrie Hayter Consulting | |
| 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm | Combating Social Isolation and Loneliness - Research to practice Karn Nelson, Executive General Manager, Straetgic Policy and Research, The Whiddon Group | |
| 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Q & A | |
| 4:30 pm | Day One Close | |
| Friday 8 April | ||
| 9:15 am - 9:25 am | Day 2 Opening Address | |
| 9:25 am - 9:55 am | Volunteering: engagement in later life Professor Jeni Warburton, John Richards Chair of Rural Aged Care Research, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University | |
| 9:55 am - 10:25 am | Housing and Community Care: The way of the future? Barbara Squires, Director, Barbara Squires Consulting | |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | MORNING TEA | |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | NSW Older People’s Drug and Alcohol Project Kate Jackson, Manager, Older People's Mental Health Policy Unit, Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Office, NSW Health Lindsay Penson, Policy Officer - Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Office, NSW Health | |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Index of Wellbeing for Older Australians Sarah Fogg, The Benevolent Society | |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Exhibitor Prize Draw - Gotta be in it to win it (and in the room!) | |
| 1:15 pm - 1:35 pm | McLean Care Ltd Bush Compass: Virtual Face to Face Service Delivery in Rural and Remote NSW Gillian Traise, Physiotherapist, McLean Care | |
| 1:35 pm - 1:55 pm | Rural Healthy Ageing as Defined and Experienced by Older Australians Michelle Griff, Charles Sturt University Rylee Dionigi, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Human Movement Studies, Charles Sturt University Michelle Smith-Tamaray, PhD, Lecturer and Clinical Educator, Speech Pathology Program, Charles Sturt University | |
| 1:55 pm - 2:15 pm | Measuring Care Outcomes with the ACCOM Adj Prof Michael Fine, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University | |
| 2:15 pm - 2:25 pm | Q & A | |
| 2:25 pm - 2:55 pm | Home Care Reforms - The Next Steps Paul Sadler, CEO, Presbyterian Aged Care | |
| 2:55 pm - 3:00 pm | Conference Closing Address | |
