Programme

Current programme
Last updated 10 May 2024. Subject to change.

7.45am - 8.55am	Breakfast session 1 Updates in Osteoporosis Prof Ian Reid	Breakfast session 2 Funny turns in frail older adults Dr Jenny Butler	Breakfast session 3 Assessment and management of common dental issues in older adults Juliet Gray & Dr Moira Smith
9.00am - 9.30am	Mihi Whakatau/Welcome
9.30am - 10.30am	Plenary session 1 Maximising health and wellbeing in an ageing society - one size may not fit all Prof Andy Clegg
10.30am - 11.00am	Morning tea
11.00am - 12.00pm	Plenary session 2 A. John Campbell Memorial address: Falling forward: bridging the gap between knowledge and action Prof Cathie Sherrington
12.00pm - 12.30pm	Plenary session 3 Advocacy for older people Carolyn Cooper (NZ Aged Care Commissioner)
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch	Poster session
12.35pm - 1.25pm	Lunch Symposium » RSV in older adults: understanding risk and preventative measures Presented by Professor Michael Woodward Sponsored by GSK
1.30pm - 3.00pm	Plenary session 4 R.M. Gibson Prize finalists
1.30pm - 1.45pm	Persistent pain and serious falls in healthy older Australians: a post-hoc analysis of the ASPREE cohort Joel van Weel
1.45pm - 2.00pm	Footwear and Falls in Older People Tori Booth
2.00pm - 2.15pm	Associations between physical activity and brain structure in a large community-dwelling cohort – a UK Biobank Study Alexandra La Hood
2.25pm - 2.30pm	Experience and Expectations of Older Hospitalised Patients Regarding their Initial Medical Encounters George Wells
2.30pm - 2.45pm	Virtual Emergency Department (VED) Assessment of Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) Residents Post Fall: A Pre-post Study Weena (Ice) Sotthivej
2.45pm - 3.00pm	Interactions between muscle volume, body mass index, and brain structure in the UK Biobank Alicia Lu
3.00pm - 3.30pm	Afternoon tea
3.30pm - 5.00pm	Concurrent session 1 Advanced trainee presentations	Concurrent session 2 Free paper presentations	Concurrent session 3 Change narrative presentations
3.30pm - 3.45pm	A retrospective evaluation of elderly patients’ nutritional status, use of nutritional support and their clinical outcomes in a subacute setting Simon Boo	Can we improve the communication of dementia diagnoses in memory clinics? William Browne	A Qualitative study of experiences of Boosting Inpatient Exercise after falls, fractures and hospital acquired deconditioning using an Alternative Workforce Seema Radhakrishnan
3.45pm - 4.00pm	An Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Urine Ordering in Older Person’s Health Rehabilitation Wards Rosie Chellet	Transition for people with dementia from day respite services to permanent residential care: a realist synthesis Claudia Meyer	Changing the Landscape of Delirium Prevention: How Grampians Health became the first and only recognised HELP site in Australia Kerrie Shiell
4.00pm - 4.15pm	Management of Agitated Older Patients in the Emergency Department: A Single Centre Experience Chelsey Gathercole	Sniffing Out Solutions: Intranasal Insulin for Delirium in Elderly Patients - Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial Anita Nichingham	Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Expanding Hospital at Home to Provide Enhanced Community Care Delivery for Older People in Southern Tasmania Tessa Cunliffe
4.15pm - 4.30pm	ECG practices in a Geriatric Population within a Quaternary Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Shehane Mahendran	Pursuing dementia detection for better prevalence estimation with artificial intelligence techniques in electronic health data Velandai Srikanth	Breaking away from the ivory tower Jayita De
4.30pm - 4.45pm	Comparison of in-hospital complications in older adults with COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 respiratory infections – a retrospective cohort study Issada Trakarnwijitr	Herbal medicine for cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group 12-week pilot phase II clinical trial Mark Hohenberg	Implementation of Virtual Residential In-Reach Pilot Program for Victorian Rural Region Jia Hao (Sean) Hui
4.45pm - 5.00pm	Evaluation of the efficiency of hyperacute stroke imaging after implementation of a decision algorithm in a regional centre Cuong Do	Results of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial aiming to improve detection rates and management of cognitive impairment and dementia for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in primary care Dina LoGiudice	Advancing Frailty Care and Management in Australia: The Australian Frailty Network Ruth Hubbard
5.00pm - 5.30pm	RACP Supervisor/Trainee Q&A Heather Lane
5.00pm - 6.30pm	Welcome reception Amongst the exhibitors

7.45am - 8.55am	Breakfast session 4 Capacity Assessment in Older Adults - Medical and Legal Perspectives Dr Greg Young & Prof John McMillan	Breakfast session 5 Research Career pathways for Geriatricians and Advanced Trainees Chairs A/Prof Chris Moran & Prof Vasi Naganathan	Breakfast session 6 Still Standing: Personal reflections on work and life by late career Geriatricians Prof Sue Kurrle, Prof Eddy Strivens, and Dr Carl Hanger
9.00am - 10.00am	Plenary session 5 Derek Prinsley Memorial address: Frailty: transforming care through evidence translation Prof Andy Clegg
10.00am - 10.45am	Plenary session 6 Practically Focused Continence Mr Giovanni Losco and Prof Ngaire Kerse
10.45am - 11.15am	Morning tea
11.15am - 12.00pm	Plenary session 7 Perfectly prepared: Lived experience of dementia diagnosis Dr Chris Bloomer
12.00pm - 1.00pm	ANZSGM Annual General Meeting
12.30pm - 2.00pm	Lunch
1.05pm - 1.55pm	Lunch Symposium » The Role of Chronic Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease Chaired by Dr Chrys Pulle Presented by Professor Lezanne Ooi and Dr Chrys Pulle Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
2.00pm - 2.45pm	Plenary session 8 Avoiding hospital-acquired harm Prof Alison Mudge & Prof Sue Kurrle
2.45pm - 3.45pm	Concurrent session 4 Free paper and advanced trainee presentations	Concurrent session 5 Advanced trainee presentations	Concurrent session 6 Free paper presentations
2.45pm - 3.00pm	Deprescribing in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs): a systematic review on priorities for future research Xinyu Liang	Comparing Outcomes and Management of Hip Fracture patients on dialysis: retrospective cohort study Xuân Thanh Huynh	How well does a modified “Surprise Question” identify patients at risk of dying and lead to a palliative care referral? Linda Appiah-kubi
3.00pm - 3.15pm	The Drug Burden Index and Level of Frailty as Determinants of Healthcare Costs in a Cohort of Older Frail Adults in New Zealand Ulrich Bergler	Pain management of traumatic rib fractures in older adults: a single center retrospective descriptive study Divya Kumar	Experiences of healthcare staff caring for hospitalised people with delirium: A qualitative systematic review Kristy Siostrom
3.15pm - 3.30pm	Deprescribing to optimise health outcomes for frail older people: the Opti-med study Christopher Etherton-Beer	Femoral bone cortical thickness (FBCT) – a new assessment tool to improve detection and management of osteoporosis: methodology, reference values and clinical utility Htoo Myat	Examining how greenery, air pollution and walkability are associated with cardiometabolic disease among older adults Velandai Srikanth
3.30pm - 3.45pm	Mixed methods evaluation of implementation of the Drug Burden Index to guide medication review of geriatric medicine acute inpatients: a before-and-after study Sarah Hilmer	Trauma Geriatrics - Characteristics and Outcomes post-intensive Care Admission Kava Venkatesh	Associations Between Brain Structure and Dual Decline in Gait and Cognition Sadhani Karunarathna
3.45pm - 4.15pm	Afternoon tea
4.15pm - 5.15pm	Concurrent session 7 Advanced trainee presentations	Concurrent session 8 Free paper presentations	Concurrent session 9 Free paper presentations
4.15pm - 4.30pm	Mortality in adults with autism spectrum disorder – A systematic review Luke Ho	Cultural and linguistic diversity in dementia: data from an Australian memory clinic Kai Sin Chin	Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities: Update of a Cochrane Review Ian Cameron
4.30pm - 4.45pm	A review of the use of F18-Florbetaben Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in a Tertiary Hospital’s Memory clinic in comparison to the appropriate use criteria set out by Johnson et al in 2013 William Lawson	“I need my children around me.” The role of extended family during the hospital admissions of older people in northern Tanzania. Sean Davidson	Boost 2.0: Can Functional exercise intensity be boosted using Nursing student workforce in a geriatric rehabilitation ward? Seema Radhakrishnan
4.45pm - 5.00pm	Retrospective Analysis of Older Patients undergoing Unplanned Code Grey in Hospital before and after introduction of a Behaviours of Concern Rapid Response Team Aidan Martinelli	Ageing well for Aboriginal Australians: a longitudinal cohort study Leon Flicker	Focus on Frailty: Co-designing a digital education course to improve healthcare professionals’ understanding and knowledge of frailty in hospitals Ruth Hubbard
5.00pm - 5.15pm	Risk factors for older people re-presenting to the Emergency Department with falls: A case-control analysis. Charlene San Juan	Prenatal environment and brain health in older age – the Older Australian Twins Study Stephanie Than	Pre-implementation of a hospital related harms prevention program in Geriatric Evaluation and Management: mixed methods study Laura Jollife
7.00pm - 11.00pm	Conference dinner Rivers Room, Te Pae Convention Centre

9.00am - 9.45am	Plenary session 9 Tech Triumphs: Transforming Traditional Training for Thriving Seniors Prof Cathie Sherrington
9.45am - 10.30am	Plenary session 10 Still standing or climbing higher: improving hip fracture outcomes Dr Sarah Hurring
10.30am - 11.00am	Morning tea
11.00am - 12.00pm	Plenary session 11 Shared Goals of Care: navigating complexities in discussions with older adults Jane Goodwin, Dr Kate Grundy
12.00pm - 12.30pm	Plenary session 12 What does cultural safety in Geriatric Medicine look like? An Indigenous NZ perspective. Prof Suzanne Pitama
12.30pm - 12.45pm	Conference close
12.45pm - 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm - 2.30pm	Research workshop Research beyond the AT project: getting started, getting established A/Prof Rosie Watson Dr Margot Lodge Prof Andy Clegg A/Prof Hamish Jamieson
1.30pm - 4.30pm	RACP Supervisor Professional Development Workshop 1 (SPDP 1)
2.30pm - 5.30pm	Advanced Trainee Weekend