UARC presents its second 2024 Showcase, highlighting how Australia’s Aged Care sector is navigating the shifting landscape of home care.

This event will focus on the key challenges and innovative solutions needed to deliver integrated, sustainable, and high-quality home care. Discussions will centre on building a resilient system that meets the evolving needs of older adults, with a focus on provision of quality of care, the built environment, coordination across services and the role of digital technologies that promotes well-being and independence. Understanding these key areas are critical for providers, policy makers and academics with the new Support at Home program commencing from July 1 2025.

This full-day event will showcase new research findings from UARC and operational insights from industry leaders and policymakers through expert-led sessions and dynamic panel discussions.

Please see our program for the day:

Session 1: Delivering Quality Care at Home	Professor Deborah Parker, Co-Director of UARC Nick Morgan, Assistant Secretary, Support at Home Reform Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
Morning tea
Session 2: The role of Australia’s housing in delivering sustainable care.	Associate Professor Phillippa Carnemolla, Design and Innovation Theme Co-Lead Marcela Carrasco:, Acting General Manager, HammondCare at Home, HammondCare
Lunch
Session 3: Digital Transformation in Home Care	Associate Professor Jacquie Lorber-Kasunic Design and Innovation Theme Co-Lead Fay Flevaras, Acting Chief Digital Information Officer, Department of Health and Aged Care
Afternoon tea
Panel session: Sustaining healthy at-home ecosystems	Convened by: Professor Cameron Tonkinwise, School of Design, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building Panellists: Prof Paul Egglestone - Founder and Director of the Future Arts, Science and Technology Laboratory (FASTLab) at the University of Newcastle, NSW. Bill Dimopoulos - CEO & Co-Founder of Vlepis Solutions https://www.vlepis.com/ Catherine Oats Smith from NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) Simon Lockyer - CEO and Co-Founder of FiveGoodFriends and The Lookout Way