We are already more than a quarter the way through our 2016-2017 financial year and are building on the success of the 13th Global Conference on Ageing held in Brisbane in June this year.
Currently we are working with Redlands City Council and the Redlands Seniors Network supported by QUT, Griffith and Queensland Universities to develop and evaluate an Age-friendly project.
Working in key areas of policy, we have been representing the voices of older Queenslanders through:
Community Support and Health Services
- Co-designing eHealth Queensland’s future to enable quality patient care by providing seamless technology solutions and services across Queensland Health
- Statewide Older Persons Health Clinical Network (SOPHCN) Acute Care Working Group’s How Older Person-Friendly are Queensland’s Hospitals? Report which will inform strategy and policy developments at State and HHS level to support clinician-led improvements in older person health care delivery across the state
- Metro North Hospital & Health Service Older Persons Health Plan Steering Group to provide strategic advice and direction to inform the development of the MNHHS Older Persons Health Service Plan
- Queensland Clinical Senate Integrated Healthcare Organising Committee Working Group to develop the agenda for the November Queensland Clinical Senate to:
- Share information
- Discuss system implications and identify mechanism/s to ensure collective progress and processes to rapidly evaluate and rollout successful models at scale
- Identify priorities for 2017
- Queensland Mental Health Commission Age Well Working Group to support the implementation of the Early Action: Queensland Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention Action Plan 2015-17, through a focus on the mental health and wellbeing of older Queenslanders
- Elder Abuse Prevention Unit (EAPU) Reference Group
- ADA Australia’s Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA) Reference Group which has the following key deliverables:
- A standard Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA) intake pro forma for legal and community services;
- An audit of existing materials and development of new EPOA factsheets, that complement but do not duplicate, existing community legal education publications;
- Training resources for legal and community services;
- The establishment of an ongoing reference group that will support continuous improvement of the coordinated early intervention response for EPOA enquiries, including developing pathways for dispute resolution in EPOA matters.
- Ageing Diversely project group to design and develop resources with CALD communities that could help promote the importance of ‘Planning for the future’
- GP Access to the Queensland Health Viewer – to provide General Practitioners and other providers the capability to have access to comprehensive patient information required to effectively manage health outcomes
- Vision4Brighton Coordination Committee to coordinate multiple work streams to implement the Vision for Brighton (delivering on health services; creating an age-friendly community; social health and wellbeing; and research, education and training) i.e. a Centre for Excellence in the care of older people.
- Supporter of Queensland Disability Network Reference Group
- Community Services Industry Alliance – Partner in industry development forecasting community services in Queensland
Housing
- Advisory Taskforce on Residential Transition for Ageing Queenslanders to make recommendations to remove barriers to accessing housing options and the related support needs of older people
- 500 Lives 500 Homes Aged Care Seniors Week Forum Working Group, to input into collective impact and collaboration, to improve the options available for age-appropriate care and support for older people who are homeless or at risk of homeless
- Australian Universal Housing Design Reference Group
Respect and social inclusion
- Guardianship, Supported Decision Making and Human Rights: Perspectives from Canada and Australia
Social Participation
- Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games – advice on issues including ticket
Transport
- TMR Accessible Reference Group
- Queensland Rail Accessibility Reference Group
