In 2024, National Palliative Care Week runs from Sunday, 19 May to Saturday, 25 May with a host of local events supported by a vibrant social media campaign - allowing Australians to connect with the ‘people at the heart of quality palliative care’ – the doctors, nurses, social workers, volunteers, and many others.
This 3-hour online workshop will help managers and team leaders to build their confidence and capability to support staff from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Through interactive and thought-provoking activities participants will hone their skills in communicating cross culturally to minimise misunderstanding and identify strategies to address common challenges that culturally diverse staff experience when working in aged care services, disability care, and veteran care services.
Note: this workshop is also available at the same time on Thursday 20 June and Tuesday 25 June.
This 3-hour online workshop will help managers and team leaders to build their confidence and capability to support staff from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Through interactive and thought-provoking activities participants will hone their skills in communicating cross culturally to minimise misunderstanding and identify strategies to address common challenges that culturally diverse staff experience when working in aged care services, disability care, and veteran care services.
This 3-hour online workshop will help managers and team leaders to build their confidence and capability to support staff from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Through interactive and thought-provoking activities participants will hone their skills in communicating cross culturally to minimise misunderstanding and identify strategies to address common challenges that culturally diverse staff experience when working in aged care services, disability care, and veteran care services.
Join A/Prof Shamasunder Acharya and Dr Brian Chong for an in-depth exploration of vaccine preventable disease in older adults, and the additional risks and challenges faced by patients with diabetes. Learn about the impact of age-related decline in immunity and available vaccines for older adults. This session is tailored for healthcare professionals involved in diabetes management with a focus on regional health and the implementation of vaccine programs.
Accurate data and reporting into the Primary Mental Health Minimum Dataset (PMHC-MDS) remains essential to demonstrate good performance. Significant improvements have recently been acknowledged by the Department of Health & Aged Care, but collated data from across the region has identified that opportunities still exist to achieve the mandatory 70% threshold in Indicator Out-3.
The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) unveiled today its Safe and Healthy: Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence (DFSV) Framework, marking a pivotal step towards realising the National Plan’s vision of eradicating violence against women and children.
In this webinar Dr Brown will provide an overview of how GLP-1RAs act in the brain to increase feeling of satiety as well as reduce hedonic aspects of eating behaviour such as craving. She will also cover what is known about the role of GLP-1 in stress and mood. Assoc/Prof Piya will then provide an overview of the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists medications in Type 2 diabetes and weight management. He will overview the clinical trial data to date and address factors clinicians should take into account when patients with an eating disorder seek guidance on GLP-1 RAs.
Presenters: Associate Professor Milan Piya, Clinical Academic Endocrinologist, Western Sydney University AND Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals Research Lead –Macarthur Clinical Obesity Research Program (MCORP). Dr Robyn Brown, Senior Lecturer | Head, Behavioural Neuropharmacology Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program (PACOP) supports aged care homes (ACHs) to provide optimal palliative & end-of-life care for residents and their families. By embedding a framework of routine assessments to identify increasing palliative and end-of-life needs, PACOP guides care planning to address these needs using an evidence-based practice and evidence-based responses.