THIS PROGRAM IS EQUIVALENT TO 7 HOURS

OF CPD

TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2020

2020 aged care physical and chemical restraint symposium

AGENDA

8.20am – 8.55 Registration and networking opportunity

8.55am – 9.05Welcome Paul Gilbert, Assistant Branch Secretary, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Vic Branch)

Acknowledgement of Country

9.05am – 9.50Keynote - GPs and geriatricians in aged care – a team approach to restraint use Professor Susan Kurrle, Director, Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre and Curran Professor in Health Care of Older People, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney

9.50am – 10.40 The role of staffing and skills mix: an international perspective Anita Westera, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong

10.40am – 10.45 First State Super

10.45am – 11 .15 Morning tea

11.15am – 12pm Panel discussion Q & AFacilitator: Anne Connolly, investigative journalist – aged care, Australian Broadcasting Association

12pm – 12.35 A human rights perspective of chemical and physical restraint in residential aged care settings Colleen Pearce, Victoria’s Public Advocate

12.35pm – 1.20 Minimising the use of chemical and physical restraint on people with dementia in residential care David Sykes, Director, Dementia Training Australia

1.20pm – 2 Lunch

2pm – 2.30Reducing the use of sedative medication in aged care facilities (implementation of the ‘RedUSe’ project into everyday practice) Juanita Breen, Senior Lecturer, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre

2.30pm – 3 Restrictions on psychotropics: a blunt instrument Juliane Samara, Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Care

3pm – 3.30 Unlawful restraint in aged care – class and other actions and your liabilities Rodney Lewis, Senior Solicitor, Elderlaw Legal Services

3.30pm – 4 A daughter’s perspective Sarah Holland-Batt

4pm – 4.30 Residents’ rights versus staff safety – what care staff need to know Philip Gardner, Special Counsel, Gordon Legal

4.30pm – 4.40 Wrap and close

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