PROGRAMME

8:00 AM Registration

8:45 AM
Welcome to Country
Rhiannon Wright, Dharug Custodian
Welcome Address
Linda Ora, Supportive and Palliative Care Manager, NBMLHD
Conference Information
Pia Lambert, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Supportive & Palliative Care, NBMLHD
Rebecca Palmer, Nurse Practitioner, Supportive & Palliative Care, NBMLHD

9:00 AM Icebreaker

9:15 AM
Palliative care in the intensive care unit
Dr Emma Bowcock, Head of Department, Intensive Care Unit, NBMLHD

9:45 AM
Conversations that matter: Embedding Advance Care Planning
Maree White, Advance Care Planning Coordinator, NBMLHD

10:30 AM Morning tea

11:00 AM
When progress looks different
Supportive and Palliative Care Allied Health, NBMLHD
Andrew Dougan, Senior Physiotherapist
Hannah Smith, Dietitian
Sarah Pemberton, Senior Occupational Therapist

11:30 AM
Palliative care in the context of intellectual disability
Maryann Barrington
Senior Research Fellow
National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health
UNSW Medicine & Health

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Activity

1:15PM
Horizons: how changing the environment improves health outcomes
Kim Chatterjee, Co-founder
Olive Express

1:45 PM
The evolving role of the nurse practitioner in end of life care: a panel
Chaired by Linda Ora, Supportive and Palliative Care Manager, NBMLHD
Sharon Bradshaw, Aged Care NP, NBMLHD
Josh Cohen, Rural and Remote NP
Melanie Stufkens, Supportive and Palliative Care NP, NBMLHD

2:15 PM Afternoon tea

2:30 PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 'Still worth getting out of bed each Monday morning?’
Distinguished Professor David Currow
Flinders Ageing Alliance

3:15 PM
Stitching comfort: an Aboriginal quilt project
Polly McEwen, Senior Aboriginal Health Worker, Supportive & Palliative Care, NBMLHD
David Gillett, Senior Aboriginal Health Worker, Supportive & Palliative Care, NBMLHD
Pia Lambert, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Supportive & Palliative Care, NBMLHD

3:45 PM
Closing address
Brad Astill, Chief Executive, NBMLHD

4:00 PM Prize giving and evaluation

4:15 PM Conference closes

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