Call for Papers

Congress Program and Theme

The Congress Program will be innovative, informative and educational, offering a number of outstanding keynote speakers, supported by invited specialist speakers. In addition, concurrent sessions will feature submitted papers, in which a range of issues relating to aged care will be addressed.

Topics for Discussion

• Funding an ageing population
• Is ageing a problem or an opportunity?
• What place does aged care have in an ageing society?
• Social care - right or entitlement?
• Redefining work. Will you still want me when I'm 74?
• Will technology change the nature of ageing?
• Will nursing homes be necessary in the future?
• De-regulation in aged care – what does it actually mean?
• Who's responsible for whom? The blurring of delineations between the acute, aged community and aged residential care sectors
• Who is entering facilities?
• The increasing focus on 'high care' rather than 'low care': medical complications, social problems and mental health problems
• Initiatives by state governments to keep residents out of acute facilities: draining of resources and costs of providing for basic care needs
• The increasing expectations of families
• The future of the media
• The challenges of securing suitable qualified staff
• How to build new facilities
• Is 'person centered care' realistic in today's ever increasing ageing environment?