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Panel Session - Sponsored by Department of Health: Palliative Care is Core Business in Aged Care
Session Description
Department of Health proudly supporting this discussion on: Palliative Care is Core Business in Aged Care
The session aims to discuss how to meet the growing palliative care demands of Australia’s ageing population by ensuring that palliative care is recognised as core business in aged care, how to best meet the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and ensure that aged care providers and staff are supported through appropriate systems, funding and training.
Invited Guest Speaker;
The session aims to discuss how to meet the growing palliative care demands of Australia’s ageing population by ensuring that palliative care is recognised as core business in aged care, how to best meet the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and ensure that aged care providers and staff are supported through appropriate systems, funding and training.
Invited Guest Speaker;
- Josh Cohen (Chair): Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Calvary Health Care Kogarah
- Professor Melanie Lovell: Senior Academic, Centre for Learning & Research in Palliative Care, Hammond Care
- Professor Deborah Parker: Professor of Aged Care & Dementia Nursing, University of Technology Sydney / Cheif Investigator, ELDAC
- Peter Jenkin: Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Resthaven
- Patricia Sparrow: Chief Executive Officer, Aged & Community Services Australia
- Prof Liz Reymond: Director, Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative (BSPCC)
