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23 February - 23 February 2011 Hotel Grand Chancellor, 1 Davey St, Hobart, TAS, Australia

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Hotel Grand Chancellor, 1 Davey St, Hobart, TAS, Australia

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Managing Older Clients Living with Alcohol Related Brain Injury:

Mainstream aged care services are well designed to meet the physical care or basic functional needs of clients but often lack the structure to manage challenging behaviour resulting from neurobehavioural disability, and lack the specific arrangements that enable effective implementation of neurobehavioural principles.

 

Master Class Aims: 

To facilitate the transfer of skills and knowledge gained through evaluative research into the provision of appropriate support to clients living with alcohol related brain injury (ARBI) this Master Class will provide education on the effects of long-term alcohol abuse on an older person and advise on strategies to assist service providers with managing behaviours of concern among older clients living in with an ARBI.

To improve the life quality of this often forgotten and neglected group of people by providing its participants with an understanding of their unique set of care needs and imparting the skills required to enhance the delivery of effective care and support.