Carers in Action in NSW

Carers NSW Biennial Conference 2009

Conference papers and workshops

Plenary sessions

• A General Practice Perspective on Primary Health Care Reform, Dr Diana O’Halloran, Chair, NSW General Practice Council
• Mature aged carers in the workforce project, NSW Office of Industrial Relations
• Keynote address – The Hon John Watkins, CEO, Alzheimer’s Australia NSW

Concurrent sessions

Thursday, session 2

• Expansion of the Carer Life Course Framework, Dr Deanna Pagnini
• Support For Carers in the Health Workforce: A Two-way Street, Jann Harrison, Carer Support Unit Central Coast, Northern Sydney Central Coast Health
• Top 5 - A win- win partnership for carers & staff in an acute hospital setting, Maureen Strudwick, Carer Support Unit Central Coast, NSCCAHS
• Young Carers in Action workshop, young carers supported by Carers NSW

Thursday, session 4

• Needs analysis: A profile of the culturally and linguistically diverse background (CALD) carers in South Eastern Sydney, Rosa Loria and Anna Kim, Sydney Multicultural Community Service
• Support to hidden carers: Successful initiatives and strategies, Katherine Carney, Northcott Disability Service
• Challenges and successes providing services to carers from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, Elfa Moraitakis, St George Migrant Resource Centre
• Working in partnership for families and carers: Government and non government agencies, Angela Milce, Carer Assist and Toni Garretty, South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
• Older Parent Carers Planning for the Future program, Gary Thomas and Bea Ballangarry, Carers NSW North Coast
• The development of an online cancer carers’ community Louisa Fitz-Gerald, Cancer Council NSW
• Engaging adolescent young carers: ‘All in this together’ film making program, Megan Evans, Northern Sydney Central Health Area Health Service and Ruth Jacka, Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre
• Rethinking models of respite and service delivery in response to the diverse and complex needs of mental health carers, Anna Marie Yip, Mental Health Coordinating Council

Friday, session 6

• Enhancing carer friendly health practices in Sydney West, Kathy Pride, Sydney West Area Health Service
• Working together to engage and enhance service provision with mental health carers in remote areas, Sandi James, Carers NSW and Tanya Clifton, Greater Western Area Health Service
• Implementation and outcomes of the Family and Carer Program in the Northern Beaches Mental Health Service, Gisele Rossini and Lyndal Sherwin, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service
• Ethics of caring, Laraine Toms, President, Carers NSW

Friday, session 7

• Connection with carers is everybody’s business: a training resource to promote family and carer friendly mental health services, Kathleen Hossack and Jeanine Smith, South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
• Working with Cultural Competence: Carers and the NSW Action Plan (workshop), Anne-Marie Taylor, Carers NSW and Maria Katrivesis, MDAA

Friday, session 8

• Coming out of the closet – carers at work, Issac Smith, Working Carers Gateway
• Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce – Linking with area health service carer support services, Maeve Eikli, Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce
• Paths to purposeful living: strength based caring in mental health. David Loncar and Erika Day, Carers NSW
  

This conference is funded by NSW Health under the NSW Carers Action Plan 2007-2012