Aboriginal Health Forum
Aged Care Network Meeting � 21 February 2008
Agenda
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Objectives
- To update participants on state (Victoria and Tasmania) and national activities as they relate to the aged care panels initiative.
- To provide participants with information to assist them to develop relationships with allied health professionals.
- To assist participants to develop additional skills for reporting program results and activities.
Session 1 - Program Update
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- Victoria - Lee Stamford, GPV (PPT 291KB)
- Tasmania - Angelika Patras, GPT (PPT 813KB)
- National - Debbie Bampton, AGPN (PPT 664Kb)
Session 2 - Allied Health
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Speech Pathology Gillian Dickman, Andrea Winters, Speech Pathology Australia (PPT 564Kb)
The role of the speech pathologist in aged care. The National standards for food consistency
- Physiotherapy Tristan White, Gerontology Interest Group, Australian Physiotherapy Association (Vic Branch) (PPT 414KB) The role of physiotherapy in aged care
- Podiatry Alana Andrews, Australian Podiatry Association, Vic. Branch (PPT 362KB)
The role of podiatry in aged care
- Impressions of Panels Adam Swenser, General Manager and Physiotherapist, Vivir Healthcare (PPT 74Kb)
What is the current role of an allied health professional on a divisional aged care panel? How might the role be expanded in the future?
Session 3
Carolyn Stapleton, Western Melbourne Division of General Practice (PPT 4,179Kb)
What is happening in the divisions? Dr Stephen Downes, QBrand Consulting, will run this interactive session and provide a general principles approach to what makes for quality writing in healthcare.
"The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains." Proverb At a recent multi-agency meeting, it was suggested that a lot of the work of the panels is not widely known and that the results of activity need to be �written up� and published for a wider audience.
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For further information contact:
Lee Stamford, Aged Care Consultant Ph: 03 9341 5200 | Fax: 03 9341 5299 | Email: l.stamford@gpv.org.au