Event Date 23 Aug 2022 (9:30 am - 4:30 pm)
Registration Start Date 31 May 2022 12:00 am
Location Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club
Online registration has closed for this event. See details for more information.

The SIG workshop is for clinicians and community care professionals from across NSW and the ACT who have an interest in and care for people living with MND.

This workshop runs every second year, offering opportunities to share information and ideas and to network across disciplines.

When: Tuesday 23 August 2022

Time: 9.30am arrival for 10am start, concluding at 4.30pm 

Location: Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde, NSW 2114

Cost: $150, Early bird special $120 (before August 4). Lunch and refreshments included

 

Embracing Change                                                       

Program

9.30 Registration and morning tea

10.00 Welcome to/acknowledgement of country

         Welcome to the workshop - Anita Richter (board member)

10.15 ‘FlexEquip – Challenges and Changes’ – Alicia Gibb

10.30 ‘Flexibility and working together in the NT’ – Julie Bromley (via zoom)

10.45 ‘Cough assist’ – Ana Schippers

11.00 ‘Eye gaze’ – Monique Signorelli and Manasi Thornley

11.15 Panel Q&A

11.20 Morning tea

11.35 ‘Integrated models of care in MND’ – Karen Hutchinson

11.50 ‘Arts in Health – A Tool for Clinical Care’ – Danielle Gullotta

12.05 ‘Palliative Care and MND- when is the right time to refer?– Sally Carr 

12.20 ‘A client journey - insights from the ACT MND Clinic Team’ – Megan Sullivan

12.35 Panel Q&A 

12.40 Lunch

13.15 What MND is like - Lived experience presenter

13.45 Demos:

Room 1: Positioning (Kate Pain)

Room 2a: Mounting eye gaze (Monique Signorelli, Manasi Thornley, Alicia Gibb)

Room 2b: Mounting phones, ipad, switches (Communication AT and Fiona Barry)

Room 3: Cough assist (Philips, Melissa Wines; Ben Greenway for Pegaso)

Room 4: Arts in Health – A Tool for Clinical Care (Danielle Gullotta; PAUSE)

16.00 Networking Session (in bar downstairs)

17.00 Closure


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Event Date 23 Aug 2022 (9:30 am - 4:30 pm)
Registration Start Date 31 May 2022 12:00 am
Location Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club
Online registration has closed for this event. See details for more information.