Adelaide 2012

The Better Practice conference in August had an outstanding blend of relevant topics, industry experts and keynote speakers who brought you practical advice on improving quality care for your residents.

Over 200 of your peers learnt from high profile presenters such as Reverend Professor John Swinton, Christine Bryden, Andrew Larpent OBE and industry experts including Doug Strain and Klaus Zimmermann. The program also featured Aged Care Commissioner Rae Lamb and Anne "Willsy" Wills, who spoke about: What I would like from an aged care home. Diane Robinson also chaired the panel discussion: A resident with no family, what should a home be thinking about?

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Better Practice presentations

Date	Session	Speaker	Presentation title
2 August 2012	Plenary 1	Dr Andrew Refshauge	Opening
	Plenary 1	Andrew Larpent OBE	Delivering a vision for aged care
	Plenary 1	Reverend Professor John Swinton	Rethinking what it is to age well
	Concurrent 1A	Sharon Henderson	Wasteland to wonderland
	Concurrent 1A	Kerry Rigby and Peter Coughlan	A special doll with a special role
	Concurrent 1B	John Stevens	Stand up for dementia: Performance, improvisation and stand-up comedy as a therapeutic program for people with dementia
	Concurrent 1B	Jean-Paul Bell	Humour from the heart outcomes of the SMILE study
	Concurrent 1C	Jo Boylan	Active living for healthy ageing
	Concurrent 1C	Vicki Colyer and Sally Harris	From small things – big things grow!
	Concurrent 1C	Sara Blunt	Alignment – creating a shared vision in residential care
	Concurrent 2A	Beverly Dermody-Reid	Liverpool care – Pathway for the dying
	Concurrent 2A	Faye Audino and Verity Leith	A dignified and hearty goodbye
	Concurrent 2A	Mavis Salt	Ageing – a spiritual task?
	Concurrent 2B	Christine Farrell	Swallowing difficulties
	Concurrent 2B	Sue Edwards and Trevor Nowak	Bridging the gaps – REACH aged care in the south
	Concurrent 2B	Terry Arthur	Acute care for aged care nurses, a joint approach to quality health care for older Australians
	Concurrent 2C	Dr Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh	Risk and decision making in dementia
	Concurrent 2C	Jane Boag	Managing risk at Benetas
	Concurrent 2C	Michael Filsell	Big Issue: Management of bariatric residents
	Plenary 2	Diane Robinson, Dr John Brayley, Dr Mike Rungie, Jeremy Moore and Helen Storer	Plenary panel discussion: A resident with no family, what should a home be thinking about?
3 August 2012	Plenary 3	Christine Bryden	Dreading being put in ‘dementia prison’!
	Plenary 3	Douglas Strain	How to measure quality – is it really possible?
	Plenary 3	Rae Lamb	Treasuring complaints – five top tips
	Concurrent 3A	Steve Aivaliotis	How to manage complaints for a positive outcome
	Concurrent 3A	David Clinton and Brenton Pope	Make it your business: Learning from residents’ complaints
	Concurrent 3B	Bernie McCarthy	The right staff for person-centred care: How do you know you are selecting the best?
	Concurrent 3B	Judith Leacock	Developing staff across the ages
	Concurrent 3C	Bronwyn Roberts	Workshop: Stress management through laughter and humour
	Concurrent 4A	Emily Colombage	Food safety: balancing quality of life and risk
	Concurrent 4A	Peter Morgan-Jones	Engaging with the food experience: an interactive session on cooking and the person with dementia
	Concurrent 4A	Anne Schneyder	Acute vs aged care menu mayhem – think strategically
	Concurrent 4B	Dr Julie Ellis	Residents who sit quietly in the corner – depression or something else?
	Concurrent 4B	Natalie Duggan	Night time care
	Concurrent 4C	Annette Chennell	Workshop: Root cause analysis – A framework for understanding the contribution factors to critical events
	Plenary 4	Klaus Zimmermann	2 days of key messages – what does it mean for our residents (and/or client), my organization and myself
	Plenary 4	Anne “Willsy” Wills	What I would like from an aged care home

Adelaide 2012

Better Practice presentations

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