The future of aged care in Queensland

The two-day professional development event is an opportunity to hear from industry leaders and discuss the future and challenges of aged care on the Sunshine Coast. The topics will cover the New Aged Care Standards.

Program highlights

• Dementia - idenifying changes in behaviour, the value of meaningful engagement and strategies to support a person living with dementia
• Trauma Informed Care
• Palliative Care
• Sexuality in the Older Person
• Communicating towards Emotional Wellbeing of Older Adults
• Building a Resilient Aged Care Workforce
• Nutrition in the Elderly and uncovering weight loss
• Falls prevention
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Technological Innovations in Aged Care

Speaker highlights

• The Dementia Centre - identifying changes in behaviour, the value of meaningful engagement and strategies to support a person living with dementia.
• Yvonne Feeley - nutrition and weight loss in the older person and what to look for.
• Dr Diane Corser – Trauma Informed Care.

Sundale would like to thank the following Conference Sponsors.

Gold - Workforce Extensions

Workforce Extensions Sunshine Health is a premier nursing agency, dedicated to meeting your health and aged care staffing needs. Our team of experienced consultants have more than 80 years of collective experience placing temp and permanent healthcare staff in a variety of roles. With our meticulous screening process, you can be confident that we exclusively offer fully-qualified and compliant staff, ready to fulfil your healthcare staffing needs.

Silver - Caring for You Nursing Agency

Caring for You Nursing Agency is a family-owned, international award-winning, Agency and is Australia’s largest nurse-owned and led privately owned nursing agency. They specialise in the provision of exceptional quality personnel and customer service to all sectors of the healthcare industry. Our 8000 Member base works across Aged Care, Private and Public Hospitals, Community Nursing, and Home Care services, across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland.

Breakfast - Advantage Salary Packaging

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Salary packaging – (also known as salary sacrifice) means allocating a portion of your salary to pay certain expenses before income tax is calculated. So on pay day you pay less income tax and have more money for the things that matter.

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Bronze - Soularch Healthcare

With more than 20 years experience in the Healthcare market, Soularch are confident to say that we understand and care for our clients.

Soularch's principles are based on trust, credibility, reliability, and expertise.

Our secret: Excellent service and top of the line products.

Bronze - SunRay EduTraining

SunRay EduTraining is a ‘one-stop’ shop for Aged Care, Disability, Mental Health and Youth Care Workers. SunRay Edu Training deliver the Mental Health First Aid course as well as standard First Aid and CPR. They also now delivering an ACCREDITED version of the Mental Health Support and ACCREDITED Manual Handling workshops.

Bronze - CableComm

Cablecomm is an industry leader with a portfolio of over 200 hospitals and aged care facilities across Queensland and northern NSW. Behind all of the equipment and technology, Cablecomm is about one thing, caring for people. We are in business to help health care and aged care facilities provide the best possible care, safety, security & communication systems to their patients and residents.

Bronze - Wheelie Movin

Approved by various aged care organisations and having NDIS clients, we provide social support care and transport door to door with our clients. This can range from attending medical and allied health appointments, social engagements and outings through to shopping excursions. With regard to activities, we facilitate safe and appropriate itineraries of the client’s choice. We also offer opportunities tailored to encourage the client to embrace new experiences, if they so wish. We are with the client for the duration of their booking.

Wheelie Movin has two late model vehicles, one of which is fully modified to accommodate either a power wheelchair, a manual wheelchair or a mobility scooter. For client use we have a portable power wheelchair and a manual chair. These mobility aids can be hired if required for periods of longer duration than the usual booking.

Bronze - Quality Insite

With a deep understanding of the journey to care, we help aged care providers maximise returns and resident outcomes through tailored solutions, continuous feedback, and expert guidance.

Morning tea - Higgins Coatings Sunshine Coast

We live and breathe painting and maintenance.

Higgins Coatings has been Australia’s go-to provider for commercial painting and maintenance needs across a broad range of industries. As an Australian family-owned company, we’re proud of our heritage of doing the jobs that others can’t - and doing them right. We offer affordable painting solutions, tailored to your requirements, no matter what the size or nature of the project.

Trivia event - EBOS Healthcare

A proudly Australasian-owned business, EBOS Healthcare offers the widest range of medical, pharmaceutical, equipment and daily consumable products in Australia.

EBOS Healthcare is Australasia’s most experienced and progressive provider of Health & Medical supplies.

Uniting the wants of the Aged Care health professionals with the needs of the community.

We help Aged Care providers support their residents at all stages of life.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Nambour RSL Club, 14 Mathew Street, Nambour, Australia