Please join us for this collaborative Healthy Ageing Symposium being held in conjunction with Disability, Ageing and Lifestyle Expo.

The focus of the symposium will be on innovative ways to promote the wellness and re-ablement approach. There will be lots of ACTION so be prepared to join in.

Opening address: Phillip Herreen, Senior Australian the year 2007

Keynote presentations:

Ngaire Hobbins - Ngaire is an experienced Dietician and author of the popular book Eat to Cheat Ageing. She is passionate about encouraging people to relish great food and to get the most out of life. Ngaire’s community dietician work has inspired her to counter the poor awareness of the unique nutritional needs of our bodies in our senior years that we can thrive instead of suffering unnecessary physical and mental frailty and decline.

Josephine Boylan -  Jo is the Director Operations Southern Cross Care. Over the past 7 years Jo has been leading organisational reorientations toward healthy ageing approaches across residential, community and retirement living communities.  Her health ageing achievements include development and implementation of a healthy ageing model, presentations at international scientific conferences,  appointment to national and state aged care advisory roles, adjunct teaching positions with SA Universities, participation in expert panel with Alexandre Kalache and winning 10 national better practice awards for the delivery of healthy ageing in residential aged care.  Jo provides leadership, theoretical knowledge, research transfer into practice and drives cultural change to enable implementation of healthy ageing services.

Dr Andrew Horwood - Andrew is a holistic GP, who has studied holistic medicine, counselling and spiritual growth. He is a workshop presenter, mentor and poet.

Lunch: Networking lunch and light refreshment. Please advise any dietary requirements

Please click here to download the Program for the day.

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