On 7 November 2024 we are hosting our next MAC National Symposium and the topic is Palliative Care with a focus on Dementia and the impacts on CALD older people.
Where does palliative care start and end?
What role does it play in Quality of Life for a person?
We know that palliative care plays a crucial role in dementia.
Be sure to join the discussions throughout this symposium where a diverse range of experts will share with us their own scope of practice, insights, research and specialist subject matter.
Explore best practice models. Be leaders in advancing quality care forward.
It will be a national symposium, online, 10.00am – 3.00pm
The audience will be aged and health care, front line workers, policy and other human services.
Our exciting line up of speakers are:
- Bianca Brijnath, Director Social Gerontology, National Ageing Research Institute (NARI).
- Caroline Ford, Program Manager – Palliative Care, and Svjetlana Djuric, Dementia Specialist, co-present from Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & Vic)
- Dr Minah Gaviola, Lecturer (Nursing Older Person/Aged Care), The University of Newcastle, NSW
- Wendy Hall, Managing Director, Dementia Doulas International
