Program

DAY 1
Thursday 31 March 2011

8.30am

Registration & arrival tea/coffee
Cessnock Performing Arts Centre

9.30am -11.10am

Session 1 - Plenary

9.30am

Welcome to Country

9.35am

Welcome

9.40am

Official Opening
Councillor Alison Davey
Lord Mayor Cessnock City Council

9.50am

Keynote Address
Dementia Services Across the Divide
Dr John Ward
Clinical Director, Greater Newcastle Cluster, Hunter New England Health Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Medical Practice and Population Health, University of Newcastle

10.30am

Keynote Address
Dementia Services Across the Divide - A Rural Perspective
Dr Andrew Scane
Senior Staff Specialist in Geriatrics in the Hunter New England Local Health Network and Conjoint Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle

11.10am -11.30am

Morning Tea

11.30am - 1.00pm

Session 2 - Concurrent
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	2A: Palliative Care and End of Life	2B: Consumer Carer and Community Perspectives
Chair:
Location:
11.30am- 11.50am	EBPRAC Nutrition and Hydration: DEMQoL as a Quality of Life Measure Lynne Parkinson	Happy, Healthy and Wise: Older Country People Lead the Way Gary Jacobson, Marika Kontellis
11.50am- 12.10pm	Who Really Provides Care at the End of Life? Findings from a SA Population Health Survey Catherine Burns	The Psychological Cost of Informal Caring in Rural Australia: The ARMHS Cohort Jacqui Wilson
12.10pm-12.30pm	Information and the Ethical Operation of Advanced Care Directives Noeline Monaghan	Who is Caring for the Family? Identifying and Including the Needs of Families and Carers in Working with Older People in Health Care Settings Francis Duffy
12.30pm- 12.50pm	Decision-making for End of Life Care and Palliative Care Jacqui Culver	Coping with Change - Thoughts on Ageing Ruth Bright

12.50pm - 1.40pm

Lunch

1.40pm - 2.40pm

Session 3 - Concurrent
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	3A: Policy platforms and Aged care reform	3B: Mobility and Driving
Chair:
Location:
1.40pm- 2.00pm	Consumer Perspectives on Aged Care Reform Jo Root	Taking the Freeze out of Parkinson's Disease: Lessons Learnt from Progressive Parkinson's Education Groups Angela Johnson, Alex Tait
2.00pm- 2.20pm	Community Care Reform: Lessons From the Past Paul Sadler	Mature Aged Driving for Today Judy Lindsay, Di Mcartney, Angela McGrath
2.20pm- 2.40pm	Reducing the National Injury Prevention Divide in Australia Patsy Bourke	Dementia and Retirement from Driving: People with Dementia and Their Carers Critique Available Tools Victoria Traynor

2.40pm - 3.10pm

Afternoon Tea

3.10pm - 4.50pm

Session 4 - Concurrent
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	4A: Providing Care in the Community	4B: New Aproaches for Better Care
Chair:
Location:
3.10pm- 3.30pm	Meeting the Challenge - providing contemporary services in a small rural community Lisa Ralphs	Mobility Outcomes at Bellingen and Macksville Hospitals Stephen Downs
3.30pm- 3.50pm	Caring for Groups with Particular Needs Paul McDonald	Climate Change and the Ageing Population Leigh Wilson
3.50pm- 4.10pm	Specialist at the Door Step Dr C Padmakumar	Ageing and Intellectual Disability - The Rural Perspective Stuart Wark
4.10pm- 4.30pm	Better Outcomes for Older People in Their Communities Indra Arunachalam	Characteristics of Rural NSW Hospital Services for People with Dementia Charles Hudson
4.30pm- 4.50pm	"Aspire to Inspire" - Ensuring Person-Centred Care is a Lived Experience in an Indigenous Community Aged-Care Service, Through a Transformational Practice Philip Eldridge	Evaluation of an Integrated Hands-Free Communications System in Residential Aged Care David Brous

4.50pm

Close of Day 1

6.00pm - 9.00pm

Conference Dinner
Lindemans Estate, Hunter Valley
Guest Speaker Prof Bob Lusby: "Wine & Ageing"

DAY 2
Friday 1 April 2011

8.15am

Registration (for one-day delegates) and arrival tea/coffee

8.45am - 10.10am

Session 5 - Plenary

8.45am

Welcome to Day 2

8.50am

Keynote Address
Professor Robyn Richmond
Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Faculty of Medicine School of Community Medicine, University of NSW

9.30am

Keynote Address
Social Engagement and Ageing Well Among Rural Older People
Dr Peter Orpin
Senior Research Fellow, University Department of Rural Health, Tasmania

10.10am - 11.00am

Morning Tea

11.00am - 12.40pm

Session 6 - Concurrent
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	6A: Providing Care in Residential Settings	6B: Social Inclusion and Caring Communities
Chair:
Location:
11.00am- 11.20am	Some Days are Brighter Margaret Muir	What do People Think About the Community Program "Healthy Living for Seniors"? A Qualitative Study with Clients, Families, Staff and Stakeholders Felicity Barr
11.20am- 11.40am	You're standing up - how does that feel? Patricia Joyce	Assisting Businesses to Become Dementia Friendly Isabel Higgins
11.40am- 12.00pm	Aged Care Triage Service, The Link to Providing the Right Care in the Right Place for Clients Living in Residential Care Within Sydney South West Area Health Service Debra Donnelly	Caring for the Culturally Isolated Maria Stephanou
12.00pm- 12.20pm	Improving Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care Claudia Giugni	The Role of Mens Sheds in Successful Ageing Mort Shearer
12.20pm- 12.40pm	The older patient's journey with the Short Term Residential Accommodation Service (STRAS) Virginia Tideswell	Cooking for 1-2 in the Hunter Di McArtney

12.40pm - 1.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm - 2.30pm

Session 7 - Workshop or Round Table Discussion
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1.30pm- 2.30pm	7A: Workshop	7B: Symposium: Bridging the Divide: Innovations that Work in Urban and Rural Communities
Location:
	Across the Ethical Divide: Assisting Carers with Sexuality in Residential Care Elaine White, Fran Dumont, Georgene McNeil, Judy Lindsay	Rural Resources: Scarce or Abundant? Lindsay Lake Morgan
		Advance Care Planning for People with Dementia within Hunter Health Community Aged Care Services TBA
		An Intergenerational Program in Rural Dementia Care TBA
		Aged Services Emergency Team in the Emergency Department TBA
		Creative Uses of Community Resources by Rural Nursing Homes TBA

2.30pm

Change over to plenary session

2.35pm - 3.35pm

Session 8 - Plenary

2.35pm

Closing Plenary Address
Professor Jeni Warburton
John Richards Chair of Rural Aged Care Research La Trobe University

3.15pm

Conference Wrap-Up
Paul Sadler
Vice President, Australian Association of Gerontology (NSW Division)

3.35pm

Close of conference followed by Afternoon Tea

Conference Dinner

Date: Thursday 31 March 2011
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Venue: Lindemans Estate, Hunter Valley
Address: McDonalds Rd Pokolbin NSW

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Lindemans is one of the oldest, most respected wineries in Australia! Located in the heart of the world famous Hunter Valley, Lindemans Ben Ean is surrounded by charming Vineyards and rolling hills.

The Conference Dinner is included in all full registration fees. Additional tickets can be purchased for guests and day delegates. Please indicate your additional ticket requirements on the registration form, as same day bookings cannot be accommodated.

Key Dates

'Early' registration deadline:
11 March 2011
Closing date for submission of abstracts:
14th January 2011
Detailed program available:
February 2011
Conference dates:
31 March & 1 April 2011

Previous AAG Rural Conferences

2010 AAG Rural Conference

Hosted by

The Australian Association of Gerontology

Contact Us

For any information regarding the 2011 AAG Rural Conference, please contact the Conference Managers:

East Coast Conferences
Phone: 1300 368 783
Fax: +61 2 6650 9700
Postal: PO Box 848, Coffs Harbour
NSW 2450, Australia
Email: info@eastcoastconferences.com.au