Aged Care Nursing - Improving Quality of Life Conference (Mar, 2019)

Aged Care Nursing - Improving Quality of Life Conference is organized by Ausmed Education Pty Ltd and will be held from Mar 25 - 26, 2019 at ibis Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The target audience for this medical event is Nurses. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 10.30 CPD Hours.

Overview:
While the average lifespan has increased, good health is not a guarantee in later life. Nurses are in a position to support older people to experience a better quality of life during these later years. This conference will provide you with up-to-date evidence related to the care of older adults. It includes:

• The current hot topics in aged care
• Dodging the dementia bullet
• How innovative findings are changing the way we think
• How to take a trauma-informed approach to understanding behavioural symptoms
• Key updates on wound management, diabetes, medications safety, and much, much more…

Need for Program:
The knowledge and skills required to care for older adults are numerous and rely on a range of evolving attributes. High quality, up-to-date education is needed on a regular basis in order to ensure best practice and improve quality of life in aged care.

Purpose of Program:
This conference provides nurses and related health professionals with up-to-date, evidenced education to enable informed decision-making when caring for an older adult.

Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this program it is expected that the participants will be able to:
• Be better able to care for a person who has challenging behaviours as a result of your updated understanding of cognitive decline
• Apply comprehensive care to older adults who have a range of comorbidities
• Formulate and document nursing care plans that are based on current evidence relating to the prevention of harm
• Improve the overall mental health of residents by implementing a range of simple but effective activities