Who we think we are: the role of identity in making decisions as we get older
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About this panel
Aged care has embraced dignity and person-centred care. It has paid far less attention to identity — the person's sense of who they are — and the part it plays in how people make decisions and adopt behaviours.
That is the focus of this session. Whether an older person seeks help, stays on a medication or rejects it, or accepts support at all often relates less to clinical factors and more on whether the action sits comfortably with their identity as an older person.
Things that threaten our identity tend to be resisted, while we more readily accept and adopt things that align with who we already are. Identity, in this sense, functions as a barrier or a driver of behaviour — and this is something the sector has barely begun to focus on.
The panel examines what this means in practice across three challenges the sector is contending with:
Ageing in place, and the family carers who sustain it
Delayed help-seeking, and why many people do not take their medicines as prescribed
Culturally safe, everyday care under the new Aged Care Act
Where: Online
Format: Live, moderated panel
For: Aged care providers, policymakers, researchers, and anyone interested in ageing well
Panellists
Dr Sanka Amadoru (MBBS, BMedSc, FRACP, CHIA) — Consultant Geriatrician, Aria Health / Austin Health / Bendigo Health
Mat Crompton — Co-founder, Behaviour ID
Kris White — Co-founder, Behaviour ID
Hosted and moderated by George Gouzounis, Ageing Reframed
Behaviour ID is a collaboration of independent Social and Behaviour Change consultants. They help purpose-driven organisations create lasting behavioural change by grounding it in identity delivering research, strategy, intervention design and evaluation. Website | LinkedIn
Presented by Ageing Reframed — a new national initiative by the Multicultural Communities Council of SA, driving innovation in ageing and aged care through equity by design.
Panellist Bios
Dr Sanka Amadoru
Sanka is a consultant geriatrician (MBBS, BMedSc, FRACP, CHIA) working across Aria Health, Austin Health and Bendigo Health, including in residential aged care. His clinical interests include cognitive health, dementia, delirium and older people's mental health, and he also works in digital health, aged care research and clinical trials, medical education, and aged care policy.
Mat Crompton
Mat is co-founder of Behaviour ID and a behaviour change strategist with over 10 years' experience. He has worked with governments, NGOs and agencies on public health, social inclusion, harm reduction and countering violent extremism. His background is in experimental and social psychology and brand strategy, with a focus on identity, communications and behaviour change.
Kris White
Kris is co-founder of Behaviour ID and a behavioural insights specialist with more than 20 years' experience in what drives behaviour change. He has worked across public health, sustainability, financial wellbeing, digital engagement and social cohesion, and has led fieldwork and co-design in more than 15 countries, including with culturally diverse communities.
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