Benefits of Attending

• Are your hospital processes streamlined in such a way as to support this influx and guide the flow of older patients through your service?
• Are you prepared to deliver better care to the increasing number of patients suffering from Dementia and Delirium?
• Have you figured out where you are going to find more specialised staff, or even how you are going to ‘sell’ this job in the first instance?

The resounding response is no. Concerned? You should be. The statistics speak for themselves.

“If the healthcare costs for 25-29 year olds are indexed at 100, those expended on the 65 - 69 age group are 387.6 and those aged 85-89, 614.2.” The Medical Journal of Australia.

There can be no doubt that the high and growing proportion of ageing patients will present, if it is not already, a massive strain upon your infrastructure, processes, staff, and ultimately, the quality of your service delivery.

So - what now? How can you put the building blocks in place to start to overcome this seemingly overwhelming challenge? Is it simply too big to resolve?

Transforming your aged care redesign strategy will take teamwork. Already, over 50% of bed days in public hospitals are devoted to older Australians. It takes an effective and dedicated team to manage this situation, tailor care to the specific needs of ageing patients and work in such a way as to ensure that the quality of service delivery in the hospital at large does not suffer as a result.

IQPC’s Redesigning Healthcare for the Ageing Population Summit 2008 will offer you access to a speaker faculty with personal experience of working in this environment, with these challenges and with the same or similar resource constraints. The event will address all components of hospital redesign to enable you to deliver strategies and solutions for streamlining your hospital processes and tailor treatment of the older patient, delivering increased patient flow for all areas.

You will leave with measurable and innovative new delivery techniques to make a difference in your workplace.

Don’t miss groundbreaking case studies addressing

• Long term planning for the ageing population
• The role of communities in redesigning healthcare for the ageing population
• Tailoring care for the special needs of ageing patients
• Managing dementia and delirium
• Overcoming the shortage of a specialised workforce
• Exploring strategies and solutions for the ageing patients

Don’t miss out on this chance to revolutionise your workplace and optimise aged care now and into the future!

International Keynote Speaker From The NHS:

• Dr. Dave Anderson, Associate Medical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist Older People's Mental Health Services Mersey Care, NHS TRUST

Confirmed Keynotes:

• Martin Wischer, General Manager/Director of Nursing - South & East Regions, ROYAL DISTRICT NURSING SERVICE, VIC
• Andrew Stuart, First Assistant Secretary - Ageing and Aged Care Division, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING
• Clin. Assoc. Professor Peter Goldswain, Geriatrician ROYAL PERTH AND MERCY HOSPITAL and Divisional Director, Rehabilitation and Orthopaedics, SHENTON PARK CAMPUS OF ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL, Aged Care Leader, WA HEALTH NETWORK

Confirmed speakers:

• Allan Pidgeon, Chief Executive Officer, AGED CARE QUEENSLAND
• Schon Robertson, Aged Care Transition Coordinator &
• Anthea Cooper, Older Persons Clinical Pathway Project Officer, LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL
• Mike Edwards, Manager, Older Persons’ Health Team, Policy Branch, QUEENSLAND HEALTH
• Nicole Doran, Manager, Sub-acute Services, Ambulatory and Continuing Care, METROPOLITAN HEALTH AND AGED SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, VIC
• Ian Yates, National Director and Secretary, AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL ON THE AGEING, Chief Executive, COUNCIL ON THE AGEING, SA
• Kerryn Davis, Team Leader and Physiotherapist, Aged Care Shared Service, NORTHERN ALLIANCE HARP-CDM
• Muriel Hanratty, Group Manager, Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation (ATR) and Community Services, MIDCENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTHCARE BOARD, NZ
• Lisa Gestro, Planning and Funding Manager, Health of Older People, Disability and Palliative Care, AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD, NZ
• Dr David Lie, Acting Director, Division of Mental Health & Director, Aged Care Mental Health Service, PRINCESS ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
• Kathryn Goozee, T/ Nurse Practitioner - Aged Care (Dementia), Division of Rehabilitation & Aged Care, HORNSBY KU-RING-GAI HOSPITAL
• Clin. Assoc. Professor Paul Glare, Head of Palliative Care, SYDNEY CANCER CENTRE
• Jane Street, Network Director - Education and Training Network, SYDNEY WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE, NSW
• Trish Larkin, Executive Planning and People Manager, UNITING CARE AGEING, SYDNEY REGION

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time .

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