Aged Care Worshop Registration Now Open

People-centred technologies for empowered ageing and aged-care

Aged Care Informatics Australia has held annual conferences since 2004. This year the event will be held as a symposium and participatory workshop as part of HIC'08.

There is great potential for technology to enhance the quality of life of older adults; such as enabling access to quality care services, extending the ability for independent living to remain in their own homes, and providing personalised, quality care to residents in aged care facilities.

The HISA Aged Care Informatics SIG Annual Symposium and Workshop will present the latest research initiatives in people-centred technologies for empowered ageing and aged-care in Australia and New Zealand. These include reports on leading-edge projects in smart homes; technologies to benefit the frail aged, those with chronic illness and people with disabilities; and the progress of nursing information systems for better serving residents in aged care facilities.

The registration fee for delegates not attending HIC 08 is $200, for HIC'08 delegates the workshop is included as part of your conference registration fee. Click on the button below to go straight the to the Aged Care workshop registration page

HISA Aged Care Informatics SIG Annual Symposium - part of the HIC (Health Informatics Conference) Melbourne, 2008

9.00-15.00 Sunday 31 August 2008, Melbourne Convention Centre

Organising committee: Dr Jeffrey Soar (USQ), Dr Judith Symonds (AIT), Dr Lemai Nguyen (Deakin), Dr Ping Yu (UOW) and Louise Schaper (Comperio P/L)

Program

9-9.30 Welcome + coffee

9.30 - 12:30

• 1. Key-note: International developments in ICT and assistive technology for ageing and aged-care - Dr George Margelis, Intel Australia Digital Health Group
• 2. Visions across a smart country: A review of Australian smart home initiativesand technologies - Louise Schaper, Comperio Pty Ltd
• 3. Family-based Care in Chronic Illness Management - Dr Lemai Nguyen, Deakin University and Prof Graeme Shanks, University of Melbourne

Break

• 4. Benefits and challenges of electronic nursing documentation in residential aged care - Dr Ping Yu, University of Wollongong
• 5. RFID for falls prediction and detection - Dr Judith Symonds, Auckland University of Technology
• 6. Dementia Tracking, Mike Clarke, CAAIR, University of Southern Queensland

12:30-1pm Lunch

1:00-3:00

• 1. Key-note: Where is the smart in smart houses?:- user-centred design of assisted living environments - Prof Neil Bergmann, School of Info. Tech. and Elec. Eng, UQ
• 2. Key-note: The business case and a sample business model for implementing telehealth in the home and in the community - Prof Branko Celler, University of NSW
• 3. Findings from a smart home and assistive technology research program - Dr Jeffrey Soar, CAAIR, University of Southern Queensland
• 4. Community e-referrals - Frank Whittaker, CAAIR, University of Southern Queensland
• 5. Workshop on the future of technologies for ageing and aged-care

Be sure and go to the HIC08 registration site and book in your day registration for this important event