Transition Care: Improving Outcomes for Older People

This two-day conference will gather a multidisciplinary mix of healthcare practitioners, working in both the residential and community settings of transition care, to share their field-tested strategies in overcoming the common challenges faced and to look at new ways of developing transition care to optimise outcomes for its clients.

Speaker Faculty Includes:

• Ian Yates AM, COTA Australia
• Sian E Maslin-Prothero, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Edith Cowan University
• Robert Penhall, Royal Adelaide Hospital
• Kelly Shaw, Southern Cross University
• Lesley English, Gold Coast Health Service District
• Liz Gill, University of Sydney
• Nancye Peel, University of Queensland
• Eamon Dunne, Sunshine Coast Health Service District
• Clare Walker, Metro North Health Service District
• Vince Buckskin, Country Health SA
• Linda Jackson, Southern Adelaide Local Hospital Network
• Andree Malpass, Transition Care Program, Cairns and Hinterland
• Amie Armstrong, Transition Care Program, Cairns and Hinterland
• Lee Clout, Coordinator, Murrumbidgee Local Health District
• Wendy Colley, Hunter New England Local Health District
• Elizabeth Carr, Liverpool/Fairfield Transitional Aged Care Team
• Jill Larsen, South Western Sydney Transitional Aged Care Service
• Sue Driscoll, St Vincent's Community Health, Sydney
• Bev Angove, South Metropolitan Area Health Service, Mental Health, WA
• Karen Hales, Central Adelaide Local Health Network
• Rosanne Collins, Charles Young Residential Care
• Walter DeRuyter, Georges River UnitingCare Ageing South Eastern Region
• Jenny Hinton, South Western Sydney Local Health District
• Christina Isaksson, Southern Adelaide Local Hospital Network
• Rebecca Lackie, Transition Care Program, Queensland
• Samantha Goodwin, Gold Coast Transition Care
• Jacinta Finn, Albury Transitional Aged Care Service

Conference Themes:

• Examining different models of transition care - in-house, hybrid, partnership
• Transitional care programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander clients
• Transitional care in rural or remote communities
• The impact of telehealth on clients of the TCP Program
• Implementing falls prevention strategies for community TCP patients
• Embedding best practice and collaborative learning
• The benefits and challenges of rehabilitation in the home
• Developing client pathways in transition care
• A Commentary on the Australian Transition Care Program based on the TIE Project Research Investigation

And much more...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Future Directions, Challenges and Practical Solutions

• Raising the profile of transition care
• How to increase occupancy

		This conference is endorsed by APEC No 090810001 as authorised by Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) according to approved criteria. Attendance attracts 12.5 RCNA CNE points as part of RCNA's Life Long Learning Program (3LP).
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