Enhancing Allied Health for Older People in Residential Care - The EAOP (RC) Trial: the Role of Allied Health Assistants - CPD Webinar for Allied Health Assistants

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Report on the role of allied health assistants in residential aged care following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety:

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety received numerous submissions identifying unmet needs of people living in residential aged care, including physical, social, cognitive, and communication needs. The EAOP (RC) Trial has been funded to implement and evaluate evidence-based allied health interventions for people living in residential aged care specifically related to frailty, preventing falls and maintaining engagement. 

Allied health has an essential role in meeting the challenges associated with falls prevention, addressing frailty and keeping residents engaged in meaningful activities. An integrated transdisciplinary model of care has the potential to provide a cost effective and person-centred approach to enhancing the health and wellbeing of people living in residential aged care. Allied health assistants are well positioned to work with a range of health professionals to implement evidence-based care.  

In this webinar, Claire Pearce will provide background to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) funded trial and present information from the literature on the role of allied health assistants in residential aged care, as well as providing an update on the projects progress to date.  

Attendance at this workshop provides an opportunity for allied health assistants, allied health professionals and aged care providers to remain up to date with the evidence pertaining to allied health aged care as well as to consider opportunities for enhancing allied health services to a population who the Royal Commission into Aged Care recognised as being significantly under serviced. Attendees will leave with an: 

• Understanding of the benefits of an interdisciplinary allied health model of care in residential aged care 
• Understanding of the role of allied health assistants in this model of care; and
• Up to date information on the trial progress.

This webinar will include time for Q&A and discussion.

Meet Your Webinar Host:

Joan Leo, Learning Product Manager, The Allied Health Academy.

Joan is an allied health professional and learning and development specialist with over 20 years' experience in the health and higher education sectors. Joan brings educational expertise, creativity and innovation to The Allied Health Academy (TAHA) to support delivering education experiences and fostering communities of practice that connect and empower learners.

Meet Your Webinar Presenter:

Dr Claire Pearce, B App Sc (Occupational Therapy), MSc (Health Sciences), PhD, Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy, University of Canberra

Claire is an experienced occupational therapist and emerging researcher. She has extensive clinical experience in adult acute and rehabilitation services based in public health services in Australia and the UK. She also has experience as a multidisciplinary team manager and has undertaken health service evaluation and development, and policy roles. 

Claire's research approach focuses on understanding people’s perceptions of an issue to better understand what helps or hinders putting evidence into practice.

Claire lives and works on Ngunnawal country.
  

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