Medication Safety for Older People
Session 1- First, Do No Harm. Addressing the Challenges of Medication Safety for Older People
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Kim Bessell
Medication Safety: A Mutual Responsibility
Principal Pharmacy Advisor
Pharmaceutical Benefits Division
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Dr Susan Hunt
Senior Advisor
Office of Aged Care Quality & Compliance Division
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Kim Bessell [download] -
Dr Penny Flett
Medication Safety...a Never Ending Story
Chief Executive
Brightwater Care Group, WA
Dr Penny Flett [download] -
A/Prof Michael Woodward
Improving Quality and Outcomes of Prescribing for Older People
Director, Aged and Residential Care Services
Austin Health, VIC
A/Prof Michael Woodward [download]
Session 2- Integration and Service Delivery
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Richard Lord
Examination of Possible Strategies to Facilitate Continuity of Medical Care & Medication for RACF Patients
NPS Program Officer
Accredited Pharmacist
ACT Division of General Practice, ACT
Richard Lord [download] -
Joanna Hikaka
Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Services in Aged Residential Care- At the Interface of Primary and Seconday Care
Clinical Pharmacist- Aged Residential Care
Waitemata District Health Board, NZ
Joanna Hikaka [download] -
Carolyn Towers
Avoiding Medication Misadventure – The role of a multidisciplinary team (Medication Management Service) in assisting the aging population with complex chronic health needs to manage medications
Care Coordinator
Northern Alliance HARP Medication Management Service, VIC
Carolyn Towers [download] -
Tim O'Shea
Evaluation of a self-administration of medications program for hospitalised aged patients
Senior Pharmacist
Pharmacy Department, Alfred Health, VIC
Aged Care Unit, Caulfield Hospital, Alfred Health, VIC
Tim O'Shea [download]
Session 3- Medications and Patient Safety
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Dr Gillian E Caughey
Prescribing Cascades and the Risk of Adverse Outcomes
Research Fellow
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sanson Institute
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
University of South Australia
Dr Gillian Caughey [download] -
Claudio Dellore
High Risk Medications in Residential Aged Care Services (RACS)
Residential Aged Care Quality Manager
Ballarat Health Service, VIC
Claudio Dellore [download] -
Rachael Cooke
Mulitidisciplinary Assessment (including Medication Review) of a Patients at a Residential Aged Care Facility
Clinical Pharmacist
Hutt Valley District Health Board, NZ
Rachael Cooke [download]
Session 4- Focussing on the Patient Experience
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Elizabeth Georgeson
A Pilot Study Exploring the Relationship Between Hand Function and the Ability to Open Medication Containers in Individuals Aged Between 65-85 Years
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Caulfield Hospital, VIC
Elizabeth Georgeson [download] -
Fleur Duane
Is there a difference? The culturally and linguistically diverse population perspective of safe self medication management
Project Officer
The Helen Macpherson Smith Institute of Community Health
Royal District Nursing Service, VIC
Fleur Duane [download] -
Dr Kay Price
Understanding medicines use in people 65 years and over
Senior Lecturer
School of Nursing and Midwifery
University of South Australia
Dr Kay Price [download]
Session 5- Older People and Mental Health
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Dr Bradley Ng
Opening Address
Discontinuing Antipsychotics in Dementia: The Art of the Science
Consultant Psychiatrist, Older Persons Mental Health
Gold Coast Health Service District, QLD
Dr Bradley Ng [download] -
A/Prof Chris Alderman
Keynote Address
Psychotropic Drug-Related Problems in the Elderly
Director of Pharmacy
Repatriation General Hospital, SA
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
A/Prof Chris Alderman [download] -
Natalie Blacker
Veterans’ Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services (Veterans’ MATES) –An innovative approach to the safer use of antipsychotics in older patients
Research Associate
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute
University of South Australia
Natalie Blacker [download] -
Toni Simpson
Can’t you give them something to keep them quiet? Changing delirium management for older patients
Nurse Practitioner Aged Care
Gold Coast Health Service District, QLD
Toni Simpson [download]
Session 6- Managing Medications
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Christine While
Medication – Improving Management: Development of an assessment tool to
support independent and safe self management of medications in the community
The Helen Macpherson Smith Institute of Community Health
Royal District Nursing Service, VIC
Christine While [download] -
Tanya Bish
Medication Care Guides for Aged Residential Care
Nurse Leader Aged Residential Care
Quality and Professional Development
Waitemata District Health Board, NZ
Tanya Bish [download] -
Sue Carson
Crushing paracetamol tablets in yoghurt prior to administration to elderly patients
Lecturer in Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy & Molecular Sciences
James Cook University, QLD
Sue Carson [download] -
Prof Christopher Nordin AO
Prevention of Fractures in Residential Care Facilities by Lifestyle Measures
Chairman, South Australian Working Party on Prevention of Osteoporosis and Fractures
Emeritus Endocrinologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
Visiting Professor, University of Adelaide, SA
Prof Christopher Nordin [download]
Session 7- Clinical Practice Development
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Margaret Jordan
The Introduction and Evaluation of a Warfarin Management Strategy into Illawarra Residential Aged Care Facilities
NPS Facilitator
Illawarra Division of General Practice, NSW
Margaret Jordan [download] -
Trish Downes
Working together to improve patient outcomes - A patient's journey through the Western HARP model
HARP Community Response Pharmacist
Western Health, VIC
Trish Downes [download] -
Susan Edwards
Time for Evidence Base Action Around PRN Medicines in Aged Care (TEAM Aged Care)
Pharmacy Advisor
DATIS
General Practice Network South, SA
Susan Edwards [download] -
Lynne Parkinson
The discrediting of COX-2 NSAIDs in Australia: Vioxx or class effect?
Senior Research Fellow and Co-Deputy Director
Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing
University of Newcastle, NSW
Lynne Parkinson [download] -
Gail Rail
Incident Reduction and Prevention in Medication Management
Community Care Advisor
Blue Care, QLD
Gail Rail [download]