Professional Education Day 2025 Presentations

Providing Palliative Care to Everyone

Dignity of Risk in Palliative Care and the Right of Choice
Joan Ryan AM, Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Consultant, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Behind the Prison Walls: Speech Pathology and Palliative Care in a Custodial Setting
Hannah Bodrozic, Speech Pathologist, Palliative, Sub-Acute and Aged Care, Long Bay Hospital

Supporting Aboriginal Children & their Families on the Paediatric Palliative Care Journey
Tanya Antaw, Aboriginal Health Worker Palliative Care & Chronic and Complex Needs, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network
Hannah Talty, Social Worker Palliative Care, Westmead Children’s Hospital

Current and Emerging Models of Care

How can you help me when no one else has?
A story of supportive care in advanced, non-malignant chronic disease
Jessica Orman, Dietitian, HNELHD Supportive Care for Chronic Disease
Sarah Pullen, Manager, HNELHD Supportive Care for Chronic Disease
Hannah Burgess, Social Worker, HNELHD Supportive Care for Chronic Disease

‘Would you like Fesenjān with that?’
Managing complex palliative care needs for end-of-life patients using a HiTH admission
Scott Read, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Community Palliative Care Team, Calvary Healthcare

Supporting End of Life and Palliative Care: The Evolving Role of NSW Ambulance
Cara Ashcroft, Manager, End of Life and Palliative Care, Clinical Programs, &
Caroline Belfanti, CNC, NSW Ambulance

Building the Bridge: A Compassionate Community Model with Clinical Teams in Mind
Joanna McIlveen, Public Health Palliative Care Project Lead – The BEACON Project
South Eastern Sydney LHD

Palliative Care in Aged Care Network (PACN) Insights

Are you ready?  The Strengthened Standards are nearly here.
Lara McIntyre, PACN Chair & Senior Palliative Care Lead, Practice, Quality and Risk & Nurse Practitioner, Catholic Healthcare

Aged Care Reform

Support at Home Ensuring Dignity and Comfort through End-of-Life Pathway
Adele Bills, Assistant Director, Governance and Health Engagement
Laila Tabbasum, A/g Director, Governance and Health Engagement
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Pain & Symptom Management

The drain in pain, falls mainly on the brain
Dr Katherine Allsopp, Western Sydney Local Health District

Clinical Case Studies
Unseen, Unspoken, Unmanaged: The Hidden Challenges of Pain in Residential Aged Care
Rachael Williams, Clinical Nurse Consultant Palliative Care/RACF
South Western Sydney Local Health District

Complex Non-Malignant Pain in the Community Setting
Julie Howard, Clinical Nurse Consultant, HammondCare, Neringah Community Palliative Care Team