National Community Care Conference 2010
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
2nd to 4th June 2010

PETER BERESFORD Peter Beresford OBE is a long term user of mental health services and also Chair of Shaping Our Lives, the national independent service user controlled organisation and network. He has a longstanding involvement in issues of participation and empowerment as writer, researcher, educator, service user and campaigner. He is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Citizen Participation at Brunel University. He is a member of the UK Department of Health Transformation of Adult Social Care Programme Board and Ministerial Reference Group on Social Care as well as the Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy Board. He is a Trustee of the National Skills Academy for Social Care, member of the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Health Research and a member of the Advisory Group of Involve, the body set up to advise government in the UK on public and user involvement in health, public health and social care research.

COLLEEN CARTWRIGHT Professor Colleen Cartwright is Foundation Professor of Aged Services and Director of the Aged Services Learning and Research Centre at Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour. She has extensive teaching and research experience in ageing, ethics and medical decisions at the end of life, at national and international levels, with publications in major journals and a number of book chapters. Professor Cartwright designed the Advance Health Directive and Enduring Power of Attorney forms that are part of the Queensland Powers of Attorney Act (1998) and regularly runs information and training sessions for community and health professional groups on ethical and legal issues, including advance care planning, informed consent and capacity. She has been a member of the Australian Association of Gerontology for more than 20 years.

JIM CAVAYE Jim Cavaye is a one of Australia’s leading community development practitioners with 27 years experience working particularly with regional communities. He is the Director of Cavaye Community Development and has assisted over 100 communities across Australia with community engagement, local planning and development strategies. He has worked with a wide range of organisations and government agencies and has also contributed to major regional development initiatives. He is a popular educator and has designed and conducted extensive training with community practitioners. He has a Ph.D. in community development from the United States and has worked closely with the Centre for Community Economic Development in the US and with the Centre for Rural and Regional Innovation and the Institute for Sustainable Regional Development in Australia.

JEFF CHEVERTON Jeff has worked in human services in Queensland for twenty years. He has worked in both the government and community sectors, mainly on issues of housing and homelessness, health and disability. A Board Member of the Mental Health Council of Australia, Jeff completed a Churchill Fellowship on mental health advocacy in 2008. He has degrees in Law, French and Social Policy; and has studied Business at QUT's Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies.

PETER COSGROVE General Peter Cosgrove retired from the army in 2005. Four years earlier, he had been Australian of the Year: “In every respect Peter Cosgrove demonstrated that he is a role model. The man at the top displayed those characteristics we value most as Australians – strength, determination, intelligence, compassion and humour.” The son of a soldier, he graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1968. He was sent to Malaysia as a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR). During his next posting in Vietnam he commanded an infantry platoon and was awarded the Military Cross for his performance during an assault on enemy positions. In 1999 Peter Cosgrove became a national figure following his appointment as Commander of the International Forces East Timor (Interfet). He was responsible for overseeing East Timor’s transition to independence during, what was to become, a tense and uncertain period. He shone as both a soldier and diplomat. Always in his slouch hat, Peter Cosgrove was a strong and reassuring figure, appearing regularly in all forms of the media. Following his achievements and the international respect that he had achieved, he was promoted and made Chief of the Army. He went on to be promoted to General and was appointed Chief of the Defence Force. In a long, distinguished and inspirational career Peter Cosgrove has embodied that sense of duty and courage that Australians hold so dear to their hearts. After retirement from the Armed Forces, General Cosgrove has accepted positions on the Qantas Board, a consultancy with Deloittes and is preparing to write his memoirs. He has recently been appointed Chairman of the The General Sir John Monash Foundation.

RICHARD FIDLER Richard Fidler began his career in television with comedy group the Doug Anthony Allstars. With DAAS he performed on seminal shows as The Big Gig and DAAS Kapital for the ABC and Friday Night Live on Channel 4 in the UK. In their 10 year lifespan, DAAS performed all over the world, often in exotic places like Edinburgh, New York, Montreal, Barcelona and Dubbo. Theatre managers claim their presence can still be detected in dressing rooms if you sniff hard enough. In recent years, Richard has presented a very wide range of TV shows for the ABC including Race Around the World, the arts and culture series Vulture and Aftershock which investigated some the radical new technologies that are coming to the fore right now. These days Richard presents The Conversation Hour on ABC Local Radio throughout NSW and QLD at 11am. He consumes his lunch as quickly as possible and then he hosts Afternoons on 612 ABC Brisbane from 1pm. He lives in Brisbane with his family and is currently President of Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art.

LEN GRAY Professor Len Gray is Director of the Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Queensland. He has also acted in the role of Director of the UQ Centre for Online Health for the past 18 months. He is a senior member of the interRAI international research collaborative, within which he leads worldwide development of the interRAI Acute Care assessment system. His dual training and extensive experience in geriatric medicine and health administration have given rise to his research focus on developing systems of care for delivery of specialist services to older people. His current research interests centre on structured assessment, online service, video-consultation and quality systems.

IAN HARDY Ian Hardy has been Chief Executive of Helping Hand Aged Care in South Australia since 1990. One of the state’s largest aged care providers, Helping Hand built and piloted the first “ageing-in-place” care facility in Australia and is well known for innovation in rehabilitation, hospital avoidance, mental health and social support services for older people. In 2003 he was awarded a Centenary Medal and in 2004 was the recipient of the Aged and Community Services Australia Individual Award for Excellence. In 2005 Ian was awarded the honorary title of University Fellow by the University of South Australia, and in 2007 a Federal Minister’s Award for Excellence in Leadership and Management in Aged Care. In 2008 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) “for service to the community, particularly in the area of aged care as a leading contributor to the development of better services”. He has recently returned from a Churchill Fellowship tour to investigate “consumer-directed” aged care in the UK, Europe and Japan.

JUNE HEINRICH June was appointed the CEO of BCS on 1 September 1994. Over the past 15 years she has become a key voice in the Australian not-for-profit sector on aged and community care issues. Under June’s leadership BCS has experienced significant growth and in 2009 has an operating budget of $200million, with 3600 people employed, working across 160 aged and community care services and programs. June and BCS are recognised for playing a pioneering role in the development of community aged care across NSW and the ACT, which has taken aged care services into the homes of older Australians, enabling them to remain in their own homes, enhancing their independence, safety and security. “Ageing in place” is a passion of June’s and she is committed to ensuring that BCS pursues innovate industry-leading practices. As part of this commitment June has overseen the development of the BCS Age Friendly Home in Marsfield in Sydney, which serves both as a “model home” and R&D testing ground for physical, environmental and technological advancements in caring for the frail aged, people living dementia and people living with disabilities. June has also played a key role in encouraging BCS’ development of a range of innovative care strategies for people living with dementia. June is a passionate advocate for the needs of the frail aged and people living with dementia, along with those on the margins, who often feel powerless and helpless. As well as significant advances in aged care services, BCS has also experienced growth in its community care services under June’s leadership, particularly in working among some of the most vulnerable in the community.

LOUISA JORM Louisa Jorm is the Foundation Professor of Population Health at the University of Western Sydney. She also holds the position of Head, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division at the Sax Institute. She is an epidemiologist who has worked in senior roles both in government and academia. Her areas of expertise include data linkage, use of large administrative data sets and facilitating the policy and practice uptake of research. She played a key role in establishing the Centre for Health Record Linkage (CHeReL), which carries out linkage of health-related data for NSW and the ACT, and currently leads the development of the NSW node of the Population Health Research Network (the emerging national infrastructure for data linkage research). She is an investigator on research projects that have been awarded more than $10M in peer-reviewed grant funding since 2002. In her role at the Sax Institute, Professor Jorm leads the management team for the 45 and Up Study, Australia’s largest study of healthy ageing, which includes 260,000 participants aged 45 years and over from across NSW. She is leading a project that is using data from the 45 and Up Study linked with the Home and Community Care program Minimum Dataset (HACC MDS) to explore relationships between demographic factors, health status, and use of HACC and hospital services.

GILL LEWIN Gill currently holds two positions, Professor at the Centre for Research on Ageing at Curtin University of Technology and Research Director at Silver Chain, a large community-based health and aged care provider. Gill is also currently national President of the Australian Association of Gerontology. Gill has been working in aged care research since joining Silver Chain to manage their Research Department seventeen years ago. During this time she has been involved, both on her own and in collaboration with many other providers and researchers, in a large number of projects. Her particular research interests are the development and testing of service models that promote independence and evidence-based clinical practice.

GEORGE MARGELIS George took on the role of Industry Development Manager for Intel’s new Digital Health Group in November 2005. For him it was an opportunity to take an active role in changing the way healthcare was delivered in Australia. Prior to moving to Intel Australia he has been very active in the healthcare informatics arena as the CIO of a private hospital group in Sydney, manager of an innovative software development group developing solutions for healthcare providers and consumers, and board member at the state and national level of the Health Informatics Society of Australia. He is a registered medical practitioner having graduated from the University of Sydney. He is also a registered optometrist and holds a graduate degree in E-Business from the University of Southern Queensland. He ran a successful software company during the heady days of the late 80’s and early 90’s and has been an active computer enthusiast from the late 70’s when he acquired his first PC, a Sinclair Z80.

BILL MARTIN Professor Bill Martin is Professor of Sociology and Program Director of the Education, Employment and Labour Markets Program in the Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland. He was previously Professor of Sociology and Acting Director of the National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) at Flinders University, Adelaide. Professor Martin has published a range of research on aspects of work, labour markets and inequality. Paid care work is a particular focus of his recent and current research. While at NILS, he conducted two major investigations of the workforce providing care to older Australians, for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.. In addition, Prof. Martin has recently completed the first large scale national survey of four other previously neglected components of the community services workforce. He also conducts research on managerial and professional careers, with a current project on the retirement pathways of baby boomers in large Australian and Canadian companies.

GREG MUNDY Greg Mundy is the Chief Executive of Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) the national peak body for providers of residential care, community care and housing for older people. Greg has an extensive background in the aged and community care sector and in the broader health and human services field. Before joining ACSA Greg was a senior executive in the Victorian Government Department of Human Services. Greg was responsible, at different times, for various aspects of aged care, community care, mental health and other programs. Greg has a master’s degree in sociology from the Australian National University. He was born in England and educated in England, New Zealand and Australia.

GERRY NAUGHTIN Gerry Naughtin, the Chief Executive of Mind Australia has an extensive background in human service management, research and community development. His career has included senior management positions in government, commercial and not-for profit sectors. Prior to taking up his appointment with Mind Australia, Dr Naughtin was Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at La Trobe University. In this position, his research interests were in housing, retirement and ageing and consumer choice. From 1992 to 2004, he was the Chief Executive of Silver Circle Home Support Services. In this role he was responsible for the strategic, financial, risk management and service delivery of a human service business employing over 3,500 staff across three states. Gerry has provided consultancy advice to the Federal Department of Health and Ageing and to state and national advisory bodies. He contributed to policy development and advocacy in the ageing and disability sectors. Gerry has worked in local government as a local planner and manager of human services and was the Manager of the Health Services for Older People section in the Department of Health in Victoria.

GLENN REES Glenn Rees has worked at senior levels in the British and Australian Public Services. In Britain he worked as Private Secretary to senior Ministers, in the Cabinet Office and in Economic Departments. In Australia since 1976 he has worked in program and policy areas including Prime Minister and Cabinet, Employment and Training, Aged Care, Disabilities, Housing and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. He was Chair of the Nursing Homes and Hostels Review in 1986 and was involved in implementing the first wave of aged care reforms. He has been CEO of Alzheimer's Australia since 2000 during which time Dementia has been made a National Health Priority. He is an active member of the National Aged Care Alliance and has been a member of many Ministerial and official advisory committees on aged care.

PATRICIA REEVE Patricia has a commitment to social justice and redress of ageism and disadvantage. She has extensive experience in participatory policy processes to enable a wide range of people to engage in shaping public agendas that affect their lives and those of their peers. Since 1993 Patricia has held senior management positions in Council on the Ageing at both state and national levels. Her roles have focussed on the participation of seniors in policy development and representation of seniors’ interests to governments and other stakeholders. Through COTA she is connected to many thousands of seniors who are engaged in policy development, consumer information and healthy ageing programs.Before joining COTA, Patricia had twenty years experience in policy analysis, development and advocacy in school education as a parent representative and in senior positions in the public service.

BARBARA SQUIRES Barbara is the General Manager, Ageing for The Benevolent Society, where she has led a wide range of community and residential services since 1996. Since 2006, the Society has focused on community care that supports older people to age well in their own homes, and on exploring new models of housing and care, especially the ‘Apartments for Life at Ocean Street’ project. Before joining The Benevolent Society, she was a member of staff of the Guardianship Tribunal of NSW from 1989, and was the social worker for the Chesalon Nursing Homes (now Anglicare) from 1981.Barbara is a former National President of the Australian Association of Gerontology, giving her strong networks with researchers and policy makers. She has served on a number of steering and advisory committees concerned with older people’s issues. She is a Fellow of the Australian Association of Gerontology and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

MIKE WOODS Mike Woods is the Deputy Chairman of the Productivity Commission and has been a Commissioner since its inception in 1998. Mike is also the Australian Government Commissioner for Competitive Neutrality. Mike has previously presided on a diversity of inquiries and studies, including: Trends in Aged Care, Nursing Home Subsidies, Australian Health Workforce, Job Network, Structural Change in Australia and Social CapitalHe has also been responsible for the Commission’s reports on Workers Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety. Mike is an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Developing Cities at the University of Canberra and chairs the Financial Reform Implementation Committee for the China Australia Governance Program. His fields of research and teaching include public sector reform and infrastructure financing. Mike was formerly the Secretary of the Treasury for the Australian Capital Territory. He has been a member of the Australian Statistical Advisory Council and a board member or shareholder of various government authorities and business enterprises. Mike has held senior executive positions in the ACT, Commonwealth and Northern Territory public services in the fields of economic policy, public finance and health.

ACSA National Community Care Conference 2010 - Concurrent Speakers

LISA ASTETE

Lisa Astete has been employed in the human services system since 1985 where she commenced her work experience at Kew Cottages. In 1991 Lisa began to work in the community and since this time has worked in both the disability and aged care sector in various positions. Lisa is committed to improving the delivery of dementia care services within a respite context. Lisa has qualifications in Disabilities and Social Welfare and aged services

NITA BASSETT

Nita Bassett is Program Manager at Baptcare Orana from where a variety of community respite programs operate. Nita holds a Master of Arts in Social Ecology, and a Diploma in Community Services – Lifestyle and Leisure. Previously Nita has been a TAFE Teacher teaching the Aged Care program and the Community Services program. She has also worked in residential aged care and rehabilitation. Nita is passionate about lifestyle enrichment for vulnerable members of our community.

ANDREW BEER

Andrew is Professor of Geography in the School of the Environment at Flinders University. Andrew has been a researcher at Flinders University since 1993 and is the Director of the Flinders Institute for Housing, Urban and Regional Research. His research interests include regional development, housing markets in non-metropolitan regions, disability and housing and the social and economic impacts of economic restructuring. He is a member of the Minster’s Strategic Housing Advisory Committee in South Australia.

HELEN BRIGHTMAN

Helen Brightman has more than 19 years experience working in the Community Care sector, 16 of those specifically in Aged Care. Helen has gained progressively responsible experience working in various co-ordination roles in Local Government (Planned Activity Groups, Volunteer Co-ordination & Home and Community Care Services). Helen has spent the last 9 years working as a Case Manager in various Packaged Aged Care Programs in Victoria and NSW.In 2009, Helen was offered the opportunity to be part of the Victorian Bushfire Case Management Service by supervising the Benetas Case Managers who were seconded to the service. Helen notes this as a highlight of her career, a very rewarding and challenging experience.Helen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences/Social Welfare and is currently the Team Leader for Benetas Community Care-Eastern Region (Metropolitan Melbourne), a service that provides 202 Community & Extended Aged Care at Home packages through a team of 12 Case Managers.

MEGAN CORLIS

Megan Corlis is the Director of Research and Development at Helping Hand Aged Care. Megan Corlis has been at Helping Hand for the last 10 years. She has held a number of roles including Director of Nursing of the Ingle Farm Residential site and Operations Manager in the Community Services Division. Megan has also worked in a number of health arenas including at the Royal Adelaide Hospital as Clinical Nurse Consultant of a General Medical Ward and the Geriatric Assessment Unit. Megan’s professional interests lie in rehabilitation for older people, the philosophy of ‘genuine choice’ for older
people and the creation of evidence based practice for the aged care industry.
ANNE DAVEY
Anne is a registered nurse with extensive experience in the aged care sector, in particular residential aged care and more recently community services as regional manager for Fronditha Care. Anne is committed to continuous improvement for all areas of client care and service, and being innovative and prepared to initiate programs that are purposeful for clients of today.

JEFF DAVEY

Jeff Davey BCom, BTheol, MBA, CA has been involved in aged and community care for almost 20 years and was appointed Chief Executive of Baptcare in April, 2003. Prior to commencing with Baptcare, Jeff held various professional and managerial roles in the accounting profession, banking and community organisations. Jeff is a Board member of Aged and Community Care Victoria and Chairs its CEO Issues and Challenges Taskforce.

LESLEY DREDGE

Lesley is currently a part time policy officer with Aged & Community Services Australia with a particular interest in seniors housing. She has over 25 years experience working in community services with the Commonwealth Government in Victoria and South Australia and with large community providers in Victoria. Lesley has managed residential, community and housing services, and has held a range of board positions in the field. She has a Masters in Medical Ethics and Medical Law from the University of London.

ALISON EASTON

Alison has worked in human services for more than 30 years. During this time she has worked for both state and local government, as well as working for small, medium and large NGO’s. She commenced in the role of Executive Officer at The Ella Centre in November 2006, after six years as the Manager of ANGLICARE Community Care Nepean.

SARAH FOGG

Sarah Fogg has more than 20 years experience in ageing, with particular interests in policy development, advocacy and consumer perspectives. She has worked for older people's organisations at state and national levels, the New South Wales Government Department of Ageing Disability and Home Care and the not-for-profit community sector. She is currently Policy Manager at The Benevolent Society.

KITTY GILCHRIST & MARGIE PITCHER

KITTY GILCHRIST BA (Flinders Uni) AUA Adelaide University (dip Soc Studies) and MARGIE PITCHER BA (Adelaide Uni) and B Soc Work and Admin (Flinders Uni) Kitty and Margie are Social Workers with Dom Care-SA and have extensive experience working with clients who are aged or disabled. They share a long standing interest in working with clients who live in poor domestic circumstances. They have collaborated extensively with other staff and clients in developing a model /philosophy of this work and are currently involved in the development of a training initiative for staff working in this area. They have presented around this issue at other local, national and international conferences.

ANNETTE HOGAN

Annette Hogan (B Occ Thy, M Admin) is a Client Services Manager (Qld and Nth NSW) for Care Connect, a national provider of community care services. Annette is co-chair of the ACQI Community Care Committee and an active participant in industry development. Annette is a member of the LGBT Ageing Action Group. Annette has extensive experience in community health and care services in Queensland and is also an experienced and capable presenter.

CATHI JOHNSTON

Cathi Johnston is Manager, System Accounting at Villa Maria. She has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business, and is a member of CPA Australia. She has worked across a broad spectrum of industries including manufacturing, wholesale grocery and liquor, and transport and distribution. She has been with Villa Maria for almost 10 years in a variety of finance-based roles with a core focus on management reporting, financial analysis and system improvements.

ELEANOR KENNETT-SMITH

Eleanor has worked for ECH since mid-2001 where she currently works as the manager of the service development unit. Eleanor trained as an occupational therapist at the West Australian Institute of Technology and has a graduate diploma in aged care management. She has worked in a diverse range of settings including acute hospitals and community
health but has primarily focussed her working roles on her interest in aged care and community services.

DEBBIE KRALICK

Dr Debbie Kralik is General Manager Strategy and Research at the Royal District Nursing Service in South Australia. She is an active research in the areas of community health and chronic illness. Dr Kralik is Senior Editor of the Journal of Advanced Nursing and Editor of the Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic illness.

ALIKI KYRKOU

Aliki has completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work. She has 7 years experience in the aged care industry working in case management and more recently as a community services manager. Aliki has a keen interest in working with individuals of CALD background and has been involved in developing various programs that aim to respond to the diverse needs of people from CALD background in an innovative and creative way. She is eager to engage other service providers to work in partnership to better meet the needs of clients.

PAUL MARTIN

Paul R. Martin is the General Manager of the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities, a state-wide health promotion and community development charity for the LGBT community. Paul chairs the multi-agency LGBT Ageing Action Group and is the lead on ageing/seniors issues for the Board of the National LGBT Health Alliance, which he chairs. Paul has extensive experience working within LGBT communities in Queensland, Australia and England.

LYNN MATHER

Lynn Mather is a Care Manager with Baptcare’s Eastern Metropolitan Community Packages Program based in Melbourne. She has a background in Social Work as well as Education and Training. Her achievements include developing and co-ordinating the Early Stage Dementia Program at Alzheimer’s Australia Vic – the “Living with Memory Loss” program including groups for people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, the Younger Onset program, and the Memory Lane Cafes.

SUE MCKECHNIE

Sue is currently appointed Executive Manager, Resthaven Community Services, responsible for home and centre based care of approximately 7000 clients across metropolitan Adelaide and country South Australia. She leads a division with an annual operating budget of $20m and 500 staff. She has achieved substantial growth in services in 5 year period of appointment, and achieving leading practice status accreditation of Resthaven Community Services. Resthaven Community Services have also been recognised in industry awards for palliative care and chronic health conditions in 2009. Sue is a member of the executive leadership team of Resthaven Incorporated, one of the largest not for profit providers of aged care in SA.Sue is a Registered Nurse and has broad experience within the health and aged care industry, with senior executive leadership roles in the SA and WA public sector. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia and Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives and holds masters qualifications in health administration and nursing. Sue is also a board member and treasurer of Multicultural Aged Care Inc. Current interests relate to improving the profile of home based care options and helping older people build their strengths to manage their health and age well.

JANE MUSSARED

Jane Mussared is the General Manager, Health and Community Services, with the ACH Group in Adelaide. She is responsible for the management of Dementia, Health, In Home Care, Respite and Veterans’ Services to support the good lives of older people living at home. Her services employ more than 660 staff, have an annual budget of about $30 million, and serve as many as 30,000 older people each year. Prior to coming to ACH Group, Jane was Manager, Office for the Ageing in the SA Government. Jane has a Masters Degree in Social Work (majoring in social policy and research) from the University of Michigan.

CARL O’NEILL

Carl O’Neill is an ex-school teacher who has brought a wealth of lifetime experience and many years of local western Queensland knowledge and contacts to this position. He has strengthened and developed worthwhile relationships with service providers around the service area and believes that this role is not just a job – it’s a passion. With the support of the local community and councils across the region, he
works tirelessly to ensure that the best possible outcomes are achieved for clients in rural and remote Queensland.

STEPHEN O’REGAN

Medicare Australia administers more than $7.3 billion worth of Aged Care payments annually to approved providers across a range of residential, community, and flexible Aged Care programs. Our Aged Care Online Claiming functionality allows service providers and Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) to lodge claims and related information electronically. Aged Care Online Claiming provides major benefits to the aged care sector. It provides a more efficient and accurate system for the processing of Aged Care claims by removing duplication and the need to complete paper based forms. It also streamlines business practices and improves business efficiencies and outcomes for the aged care sector. Our online initiative is part of Medicare Australia’s commitment to making it easier for our customers to do business us.

SABINE PHILIPS

Sabine Phillips is a principal at Melbourne-based law firm Russell Kennedy, practising primarily in Health and Aged Care law.Sabine represents a variety of clients from the health and aged care sectors advising on areas of risk management, inquiries and investigations, dispute resolution, coronial inquests and policy review and implementation.Prior to pursuing a career in law, Sabine worked as an operator of aged care facilities and as a Division 1 Registered Nurse. In addition to her extensive legal experience, Sabine holds a number of postgraduate qualifications including a Masters of Laws (Legal Practice) and a Master of Business. She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and an Associate Fellow of the College of Health Service Executives and a board member of Northern Health and Benetas.

ELIZA PROSS

Eliza Pross is the Manager Planning and Development at Community Care (Northern Beaches). Eliza has qualifications in Social Work, and a Masters Degree in Social Policy, and has worked at CCNB for the last 8 years. Eliza is a Director of the Case Management Society of Australia, and a member of the IMPACT Services Working Group in NSW. Her particular interests include community service evaluation, practice based research and staff training and development, specifically in the areas of outcome evaluation and qualitative research methods.

ALICE ROTA-BARTELINK

Dr Rota-Bartelink was a lecturer at LaTrobe University Health Sciences for five years prior to commencing work with Wintringham in 2002. In recent years she has gained recognition for her research into homelessness among the elderly and the challenges associated with providing appropriate aged care to these individuals. As an honorary research fellow of the National Aging Research Institute Alice continues to research the effectiveness of projects aimed to improve the delivery of aged care to the older homeless population.

JOANNA SMITH

Joanna Smith has been a member of the Silver Chain Research Department since 1999 and is currently the Senior Research Officer. During her time at Silver Chain, Joanna has been involved in many, varied research projects and evaluations evaluations ranging from investigating the osteoporosis risk profile of Silver Chain clients, analysis of hospital admissions of Silver Chain clients to developing and evaluating a tool to improve the spiritual care provision for Silver Chain’s palliative clients.

KIM STEWART

Kim Stewart (MACS, Grad Dip(Counselling), BA, BSc) joined BCS in 2008 to begin the pilot of the CPV Project across our Residential Age Care Services. With a broad education in psychology, biology and philosophy, and an extensive variety of employment experiences, Kim is an engaging and thought-provoking speaker. When it comes to trying something new, Kim is committed to ‘giving it a go’, and dedicated to the idea that our clients are our most qualified evaluators.

SARAH STEWART

Sarah Stewart is a nurse, midwife, and educational developer and facilitator at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand. She is also a consultant and researcher in the areas of eLearning and social media, working with health professionals to use online tools and resources for professional development and learning. In 2009, Sarah worked with Aged Care Queensland to develop and implement an eMentoring program and CD ROM for the support and professional development of staff in the aged and community care sector.

GILLIAN STOCKWELL-SMITH

Mrs. Stockwell-Smith has a particular interest in dementia and community care practices; in addition to the Shared Care dementia dyad project she has also conducted research on caregiver service utilisation and perceptions of caregiving abilities amongst RAC Dementia Unit staff. Gillian has worked in aged care in both residential and community settings in the UK and Australia during a thirty year career as a Registered Nurse and Registered Psychiatric Nurse.

ANDREW STOLL

Andrew Stoll graduated has a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and a Graduate Diploma in Public Sector Management.Andrew is the General Manager Community Services at ECH Inc, a charitable organization and one of the largest aged care service providers in South Australia. He has 25 years experience in human services and 21 years experience in the management and development of aged care services with extensive experience in inter-agency and government collaborative community services program development. Andrew represents the aged care sector and ECH on a number of industry and stakeholder working groups. He has been a guest speaker at international, national and state aged care conferences/forums. He is former chair and now member of the ACS Community Care Committee.

JUDITH TEICKE

Judith Teicke is a Senior Research and Evaluation Officer at The Benevolent Society and is currently leading the development and implementation of the evaluation of The Benevolent Society’s community care programs. Judith has over ten years experience of policy and program level evaluation in Australia and the UK, and has particularly focused on the social policy areas of community care, labour market disadvantage, youth offending, social inclusion and children and families.

GRAHAM WICKENDEN

Graeme Wickenden is General Manager Business Services (CFO) at Villa Maria. He is a Fellow of CPA Australia and has a Bachelor of Business, Graduate Diploma in IT and a Graduate Diploma in Finance & Investments. Graeme’s career commenced at GMH and he moved through a broad range of finance related positions at NAB, Dun & Bradstreet, Aviva Financial Services and St Vincent de Paul. He joined Villa Maria in March 2008 as CFO.