Aged Care and Elder Law Conference
Thomson Reuters’ Aged Care and Elder Law Conference is taking place on 15 November 2022 in Sydney and online. The conference aims to address the key issues in legal, regulatory and compliance in aged care, retirement villages and senior living and home care. This is a must-attend event for anyone dealing with the grey areas and challenges in aged care legislation and regulation.
Event highlights
- Lessons learned in aged care during the pandemic
- Navigating the complexities of aged care governance reforms
- Preparing to respond to allegations of breach of contract or negligence
- Requirements for restrictive practices
- Implementing processes for dealing with coronial and major incident investigations
- Understanding capacity and undue influence legal obligations
Who should attend?
- Boards
- Chief Executives
- General Managers
- In-house counsels
- Quality Managers
- Compliance and Risk Managers
- Clinical care from home care, community services, residential care, retirement village, nursing home, hostel and lawyers and consultants advising in Aged Care, Retirement Village Law and Elder Law.
For any event enquiries, please email eventsanz@thomsonreuters.com
Dates & Locations
Sydney & Livestream
15 November 2022
Your Investment
Conference
Early Bird* $650+ GST
Full price $750 + GST
Livestream
Early Bird* $595+ GST
Full price $695 + GST
(Early bird closes 4 October 2022)
For any event enquiries, please email eventsanz@thomsonreuters.com.
Agenda
REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE
Opening remarks from the chair
Speaker: Katrina Ong, Partner – Quality Management & Clinical Governance, Pride Living
Challenges faced during the pandemic by the aged care sector and the lessons learned.
- Sharing an employment law perspective
- Implications for the aged care sector
- Current and future challenges
Piers Mitchem, Special Counsel, Hall & Wilcox
Financial impacts for providers of ongoing aged care governance reforms
- Balancing quality care with governance requirements
- Assessing staffing arrangements for the delivery of services
- Outlook for aged care providers, workers and those receiving residential or home care
Julie McStay, Partner, Thomson Geer
MORNING COFFEE
Aged care legislation and key obligations of an approved provider of aged care services
This session will provide an update on the evolving legislative frameworks for the aged care sector and the key issues that operators should consider when dealing with the requirements under the Single Aged Care Quality Framework and Standards and the Act.
Arthur Koumoukelis, Partner, Thomson Geer
Panel discussion: Being aged care litigation ready: will we see more litigation in aged care and how do we manage?
In the complex legal and regulatory framework that aged care providers operate within it is inevitable that disputes are going to occur. Are you ready for an allegation of breach of contract, negligent care delivery, medication incident or use of restraints and personal trespass or false imprisonment? Or have you assessed the dispute resolution options for court and tribunal hearings. The session provides practical insights on being litigation ready for the aged care disputes.
NETWORKING LUNCH
Who can consent restrictive practices and Substitute Decision Makers, who can and should staff check with and talk to
- How to navigate when you should act and how to avoid the pitfalls
- identifying the key matters to consider in deciding whether to make an application
- Latest in Behaviour support plans (BSP) requirements for restrictive practices
- Understanding the role and expectations of the Tribunal
- Effectively managing applications, families, and other stakeholders to avoid pitfalls
Sabine Phillips AM, Chief Legal Counsel, TLC Healthcare
Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) and what the effects of a Neglect report can have on a service
- Analysing the current compliance landscape
- Tips on how to ensure correct reporting and critical focus areas
- Takeaways from provider case studies
- Lessons learned in war-gaming your incident management system to respond to a SIRS report
Katrina Ong, Partner – Quality Management & Clinical Governance, Pride Living
AFTERNOON COFFEE
Coronial investigations - preparation, policies, and procedures
- Good incident investigation and management processes are critical for any care organisation. Aged care is no different. Management of incidents in aged care presents challenges not only where coronial investigations are concerned but also where other agencies may commence an investigation.
- This session will look at the management of coronial and major incident investigations and what to expect when appearing at a coronial inquest. The session will also consider the types of policies and procedures and risk management strategies organisations can employ to manage (and potentially avoid) incidents.
Christopher Sykes, Senior Legal Counsel, Mercy Health
Capacity and undue Influence – legal obligations for aged care providers and professionals
- Latest legal developments
- Issues in capacity to make decisions for financial management, accommodation, lifestyle, and medical care
- Opportunities for answering capacity and undue influence issues through technology
Michael Bennett, Barrister, 13 Wentworth