LASA Q Focus Magazine - Leading Age Services Australia ...

COMMUNITY CARECONFERENCEThe LASA Q Community CareConference - back to stayAfter a brief hiatus, theLeading Age ServicesAustralia Queensland(LASA Q) CommunityCare Conference hasmade its triumphantreturn as the eventfor community careindustry professionals.Held in the coastal setting ofthe Novotel Twin Waters from29 -31 May 2013, around 200Community Care professionalstook part in a dynamic andhighly relevant conferenceprogram, influenced by thelearnings and experiences ofthose at the leading edge ofcommunity age service provision,both here and internationally.Themed Learning, Leading,Living - Through Change, guestspeakers delivered informativeand interactive presentations,focusing on the manyopportunities and challengesof delivering age services athome to an increasing ageingpopulation. While the LivingLonger Living Better reformagenda was a key feature ofdiscussion, there was also someinsight provided into a likelyfuture Australian Governmentapproach, especially in the areaof workplace relations.Delegates were engaged on topicsranging from Consumer DirectedCare, the Gateway, NDIS, LGBTIand Medicare Locals, through toactive ageing and reablement,squalor and hording and mentalhealth. Preceding the two dayconference a master class;Leading through Change withJudy Gregurke (LASA Vic) andPaul Johnson (LASA Q), providedan informative update andcontext on the new Home CarePackage framework and currentdesign discussions on the HomeSupport Program.Highlights of the conferenceincluded presentations fromPat Sparrow (COTA) and CarerLinda Hewlett, highlighting theconsumer expectations of the ageservices industry. Linda provided16LASA-Q Focus | Autumn edition 2013