Livestream: Parliamentary Friends of Palliative Care: Aged Care Reform One Year On: Stories and Reflections from our New Rights-Based System

Palliative Care Australia (PCA), in partnership with the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN), and Parliamentary Friends of Palliative Care co-convenors Senator Kerrynne Liddle and Senator Raff Ciccone, invite you to attend Aged Care Reform One Year On: Stories and Reflections from our New Rights-Based System.

One year on from the most significant aged care reforms in a generation, older Australians have had the opportunity to experience how our aged care system is evolving in the new era of rights-based care. Among the new rights are the right to palliative and end-of-life care, the right to choice and autonomy, and the right to supported decision-making.

So, is the new Aged Care Act working as intended to improve access to palliative and end-of-life care? This event will provide parliamentarians and guests with an opportunity to hear stories directly from older Australians and their lived experience of how these new rights are working in practice.

What practical difference has it made in residential aged care, and for those receiving aged care at home? Is there better access to timely care, and healthcare that respects the wishes and preferences of people with life-limiting illness? What new insights have emerged over the past year, and what more is needed to ensure older people can fully realise these rights in practice?

A panel, moderated by Genevieve Jacobs AM, Chief Executive Officer, Hands Across Canberra will bring together four speakers representing a range of perspectives, including older people with lived experience, aged care and palliative care providers, and clinicians, followed by morning tea and networking.

Panellists:

Glen Williams: Chief Clinical Officer, OneCare

Sue Watts: Member, National Older Persons Reference Group (OPAN) and Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) Consumer Advisory Group, Lived experience aged care advocate, and carer

Dr Mary-Therese Lucey: Carer and New Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)

Sharon Douglas: Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Angels in Aprons