2014 seminar series
Welcome to the Adelaide G-TRAC Centre 2014 seminar series.
The Centre is holding an ongoing series of collaborative Healthy Ageing seminars and events. The series has focused on key Aged Care topics delivered by a range of local, national and international health and aged care specialists.
The sessions are for all health and aged care practitioners and community members are welcome. Please contact the G-TRAC Centre if you require further information.
2014 seminars
| Date and theme | Topic |
|---|---|
| 26/2/2014 Consumer Directed Care |
Promoting self-efficacy in the older person Consumer Directed Care - what is this? Ms Sue McKechnie |
| 12/03/2014 Continence Management |
Urine Continence as you get older Non Pharmacological Management Strategies |
| 30/04/2014 Nutritional Issues in Older People |
Sarcopenia - what is this? Protein intake in older people |
| 20/05/2014 University of Adelaide Inaugural Lecture |
Achieving Healthy Ageing by better addressing Nutritional Frailty Professor Renuka Visvanathan |
| 28/05/2014 Dementia Management |
Can You See What I See? The Role of Pharmacy & Medication in Dementia Management |
| 10/06/2014 Clinical Practice and Spirituality Workshop |
Where the Two Hold Hands Dr Neha Mahajan |
| 27/08/2014 G-TRAC Research Workshop |
Implementing a Health Information Technology Tool to Support Visual Cues Display in Hospitals to Prevent Falls Collaborator Wearable Sensors to Prevent Falls In Hospitals Smart Technology to Support Nutritional Intake in Older People Living With Dementia & Alone The Effect of Blood Pressure Decline Post Glucose on Gait |
| 27/08/2014 Mental Health and Depression in Older People |
Controversies in Late Life Depression Dr Raluca Tudor and Vicki Johnsan |
| 17/09/2014 Falls prevention |
A Laying the Foundation of Falls Managing falls in a consumer directed environment |
| 22/10/2014 Healthy Ageing Collaborative |
The effectiveness of nutritional interventions for optimising healthy body composition in older adults in the community: an umbrella review Professor Alison Kitson, Dr Tim Schultz and Dr Rick Wiechula - present the work of the Collaboration’s first review |
| 18/11/2014 & 19/11/2014 Teaching on the Run |
2 day Training Workshop Clinical and Mentoring supervision and teaching skills Professor Fiona Lake TELL University WA |
| 25/11/2014 Frailty Approaches |
Management of the Frail Older Person: Challenges and Opportunities Dr Ruth Hubbard Timed up to Go: Where to Next? - An Exercise Physiology Approach Robert Barnard |