Program
Palliative Care Tasmania has put together an engaging and challenging two day Conference program. Join us for 2 days that will feature expert national and international speakers, quality engagement and specialist content. You will gain valuable insights focusing on innovative clinical developments, best practice, education and research.
Thursday 17th November
| 9:00am | Welcome Jane Longhurst – Master of Ceremonies |
| 9:15am – 9:30am | Welcome to Country |
| 9:30am – 9:40am | Official Welcome Colleen Johnstone Chief Executive Officer, Palliative Care Tasmania |
| 9:40am – 9:55am | Official Opening of the 2022 Palliative Care Tasmania Conference Premier of Tasmania, Hon Jeremy Rockliff |
| 9:55am – 10:40 | Keynote Address 1 Quality of Life and Our Lens of Optimism Dr Leeroy William Clinical Director, Supportive and Palliative Care Service, Eastern Health Clinical School |
| 10:40am – 11:10am | MORNING REFRESHMENTS |
| 11:15am – 12:00pm | Keynote Address 2 The Impact of LGBTQIA-Inclusive Palliative Care on Quality of Life: A Personal & Professional Perspective Kimberley D Acquaviva Betty Norman Norris Endowed Professor, University of Virginia School of Nursing, United States of America |
| 12:00pm – 12:10pm | Louise Mollross, Executive Commissioner of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Commission |
| 12:10pm – 12:45pm | Keynote Address 3 Improving Quality of Life through Lantern’s Epicure Rating Cherie Hugo, Founder, The Lantern Project |
| 12:45pm– 1:30pm | LUNCH & TRADE DISPLAY |
| 1:30pm – 3:00pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| Time | Plenary Hall COMMUNITY |
Tasman A RESEARCH + INNOVATION |
Tasman B IN PRACTICE |
Wellington SHARING STORIES |
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Delivering palliative care on Country for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people using caring@home resources Kathryn Hooper caring@home for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families project – a National Palliative Care Project |
Communities of care in Tasmania: what are the possibilities? Sharon Andrews University of Tasmania |
Quality Beyond Cure: The Complete Prescription Eric Fairbank Warrnambool & District Community Hospice |
Do you see me? The experience of being LGBTIQ+ in a Palliative Care setting Olivia Hogarth, Working It Out Hannah Morgan, LGBTIQ+ Health Australia Jon DeLaine, Tasmanian Health Service Jennifer Line |
| 2:00pm – 2:30pm | Healthy Dying for people with Disability – ‘Communicating for end of life – a toolkit’ Laura Nichols Li-Ve Tasmania |
Barriers and Enablers to Providing Effective Rural Community Palliative Care: Research by Final-year Medical Students Rosemary Ramsay (on behalf of Jemima Hutchins, Isabella Murray and Judi Walker) University of Tasmania |
Red Centre to Cradle Coast – A Palliative Care Perspective Martina Cotton Tasmanian Health Service |
Parenting through Bereavement Shae Chester Canteen Australia |
| 2:30pm – 3:00pm | The role of volunteers in Palliative Care Leanne Barton, NW Hospice Care Association Lois Berry, Tasmanian Health Service |
Supplementing SPARTA – Palliative Care ECHO, Telementoring Palliative Care Education for Primary Healthcare Professionals Helen Moyra Haydon The University of Queensland |
Palliative Care and Paramedic Practice Laura Woods Ambulance Tasmania |
Leo’s Place – An Innovative, Non-Clinical, Palliative Care Respite House Tracy Gillard Palliative Care ACT |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS & TRADE DISPLAY |
| 3:30pm – 4:05pm | Keynote Address 4 End of the Rainbow: Inclusive palliative care for older LGBTIQ+ people Hannah Morgan National Palliative Care Coordinator, LGBTIQ+ Palliative, |
| 4:05pm – 4:40pm | Keynote Address 5 Bear Cottage: patient, family, community Miranda Harry, Social Worker, Bear Cottage & Nicole Armitage, Staff Specialist, Bear Cottage |
| 4:40pm – 4:50pm | Wrap up and close of Day 1 |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | HAPPY HOUR & TRADE DISPLAY |
Friday 18th November
| 8:55am – 9:15am | Welcome to Day 2 Jane Longhurst |
| 9:15 – 9:25am | Buddhist approach to death Master Wang Xin De, Buddhist Spiritual Leader |
| 9:25am – 10:00am | Keynote Address 6 Hope in the Face of Serious Illness: The Truths Behind the Myths About Palliative Care Dr Steven Z Pantilat Kates-Burnard and Hellman Distinguished Professor in Palliative Care, University of California San Francisco |
| 10:00am – 10:35am | Keynote Address 7 Advance care planning in people over 85 years: what it tells us about their quality of life Rebecca Taylor National Program Manager – Education, Advance Care Planning Australia |
| 10:35am– 11:00am | MORNING REFRESHMENTS & TRADE DISPLAY |
| 11:00am – 12:30pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| Time | Plenary Hall COMMUNITY |
Tasman A RESEARCH + INNOVATION |
Tasman B IN PRACTICE |
Wellington PLANNING AND SUPPORT |
| 11:00pm – 11:30pm | The Mallon Model: supporting home-based care without carer burnout Annetta Mallon Gentle Death Education and Planning |
Developing a Rapid Assessment Team at Banksia Palliative Care. Kylie Johnson Banksia Palliative Care Service |
Touchpoint; Do everyday clinicians guide patients towards a healthy approach to early Palliative care? Rachel Bilton-Simek ACT Health & Calvary Public Hospital Bruce – Clare Holland House |
The new Tasmanian Advance Care Directive Legislation
Working It Out |
| 11:30am – 12:00pm | A Natural End Rebecca Lyons Natural Death Advocacy Network, Australian Home Funeral Alliance |
Utilising a Track and Trigger approach to client assessment Sally Brown and Kylie Johnson Banksia Palliative Care Service |
Dying Gracefully: Improving the quality of palliative care in RACFs through the CPCiAC (Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care) Project Shampa Sinha Royal Hobart Hospital |
Informal carer of someone with life-limiting illness Angela Smith Care2Serve & Carers Tasmania |
| 12:00pm – 12:30pm | Answering the hard questions… Helen Callanan Preparing the Way – End of Life Doula Education and Services |
PACOP introduces PROMs into aged care for resident centred symptom monitoring – Getting ‘SASsy’ with assessment Janelle White and Laura Bryce Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program |
Biopsychosocial supportive model of care for people with Upper Gastro Intestinal Cancer: PanSupport David Menzies Pancare Foundation |
Supporting carers to keep people at home – the Client and Carer Support Program Sally Brown Banksia Palliative Care Service |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | LUNCH & TRADE DISPLAY |
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Keynote Address 8 Caring for self and for others: Experiences of frontline health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic Dr Sophie Lewis Senior Lecturer, The University of Sydney |
| 2:00pm – 2:30pm | Keynote Address 9 The forgotten mourners – Effects of bereavement on older people’s quality of life Dr Lidia Engel, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University & Honorary Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute, & Dr Katrin Gerber, Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute |
| 2:30pm – 2:40pm | Sponsor address |
| 2:40pm – 3:10pm | Keynote Address 10 Promoting optimal quality of life at end of life in aged care Prof Claire Johnson National Director, Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program (PACOP), Australian Health Services Research Institute |
| 3:10pm – 3:40pm | Keynote Address 11 Aged care evolution – Equipping our workforce to better meet community expectations for a quality life in aged care Sarah McLelland Interim CEO, the Aged Care Workforce Industry Council |
| 3:40pm – 3:50pm | Close of 2022 Palliative Care Tasmanian Conference |
| 4:00pm | CONFERENCE CLOSE |
*The program may be subject to change without prior notice
