Programme

Main Conference
Suntec Singapore
International Convention & Exhibition Centre
1 Raffles Boulevard Suntec City

DAY 1: Monday 12 January 2009
Time Program
07.30 Registration
08.45 Opening ceremony

    • Welcome address: Mary Ann Tsao, President, Tsao Foundation
    • Guest-of-Honour Address: Minister Lim Boon Heng, Prime Minister Office,
      Chairman, Ministerial Committee on Ageing
09.00 Keynote address 1 : Robyn Stone, Executive Director, Institute for the Future of Ageing Services

Overview of Housing For Ageing In Place - Design and Service Planning Principles, Examples, Implications for Policy, Practice and Research
09.45 Keynote Address 2 : Edward M F Leung, President, Hong Kong Association of Gerontology

Ageing in Place: Policy Options and Practice Models for Ageing Societies in Asia
10.30 Question and Answer
10.45 Tea Break
11.15 Plenary Session 1
Regional Housing Initiatives: Sharing Models and Highlighting Issues and Challenges of
Housing for Seniors

• Singapore
  Housing developments for ageing population in Singapore
• Taiwan
  Housing, accommodation and care facilities in Taiwan
12.30 Lunch Break
14.00 Plenary Session 2
Linking services with the Built-environment: Quality Issues for Housing and Services for
Ageing-in Place and Residential Care

• Comparative Review of Leading ‘Good Practise’ Community Housing Service Models and
  Review of Emerging International Trends
  Robin Stone, Institute for the Future of Ageing Services
• Ensuring Quality of Care - Standards of Practise - Issues, Challenges and Implications
  for Policy, Practise and Research
  Carol Benner, Field Director, Advancing Excellence Campaign, US
    • Setting Standards for High Quality Residential Care - Developments in Guidelines and
      Practise Models in Hong Kong
15.30 Tea break
16.00 Breakout session 1
  Breakout 1A
Housing Design for Ageing

    • Principles of Design, Pre-Design Planning and Japanese Case Study
      Emi Kiyota, Consultant Architect, International Association of Homes and Services for
      the Aging
    • Design Trends and Innovations, Post Occupancy Evaluation and Developments in
      Assistive Technology for Housing
      Robert Lagoyda, Director of Professional Development, International Association of
      Homes and Services for the Aging
  Breakout 1B
Housing Service Planning for Social and Community Integration

• The Green House Project and Patient Centered Care
  Anna Ortigara, Director of Communications and Outreach, The Greenhouse ® Project
• Centered Dementia Care
  Jane Verity, CEO, Dementia Care Australia
  Breakout 1C
Free Paper and Poster  Presentations on the Theme of Housing options for Older Persons
(Open to all delegates)
17.30 End of Program
19.30 Conference Dinner at The China Club Singapore, 168 Robinson Road #52-01 Capital Tower
DAY 2: Tuesday 13 January 2009
Date Program
09.00 Keynote Address 3: Dan Gray, President, Continuing Development Services Inc

Innovations in Cost Effective and Integrated Approach to Community-Based Service Planning and Provision: The Development of PACE Centres in USA

Discussants from Asia:
• Development of integrated care  and the feasibility of the PACE model in Asia
10.30 Tea Break
11.00 Plenary 2
Regional experience with community based services - Practice experience, models, Issues and challenges for community based services

• Comparative study on the needs of long term care in Asian Countries
  Prof. Shen Jie, Japan

• Asean Volunteer Homehelp Programme
Eduardo Klien, Regional Representative, Asia Pacific Regional Development Centre, HelpAge International
12.30 International Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (IAHSA)
Lunch Reception (By Invitation only)

Presentation on IAHSA – Glenn Bunney, Vice Chairman , IAHSA
14.00 Plenary 3
Focus on the Day Centre as a Key Service for Community Based Long Term Care

• A comparative overview of International Good Practise Models of Centre-based Care -
  Dan Gray, President, Continuing Development Services Inc
• Experiment in Integrated Community Care - the Centre for Successful Ageing in Singapore
  Mary Ann Tsao, President, Tsao Foundation
• Developments in Dementia Day Centre Care
  Jane Verity, CEO, Dementia Care Australia
15.30 Tea break
16.00 Breakout session 2
  Breakout Session 2A
Facilitating Senior Independence and Family Care

• Support for the family and informal care: Role of Family Care Giver Training and Counseling   Support
  Peh Kim Choo, Assistant Director, Hua Mei Training Academy & Social Work
  Practice, Singapore
• Promoting Senior Independence and Ageing in Place: The Role of Community Care
  Management in Integration of Social/Health and Acute Care/Community Inter-Face
  Kalyn Foo, Assistant Director,  and Lim Soo Ching, Senior Programme Manager,
  Hua Mei Care Management Service, Tsao Foundation, Singapore
• Person Centered Care and the Family Caregiver
  Anna Ortigara, Director of Communications and Outreach, The Greenhouse ® Project
  Breakout Session 2B
Manpower issues in community and long term care and innovative solutions

• Issues of Manpower Supply in Agecare Sector
  Robyn Stone , Executive Director, Institute for the Future of Aging Services
• Training for Quality Services : Singapore’s Workforce Development Agency’s (WDA)
  Training Framework for Senior Services
  Lynn Ng, Director, Quality and Professional Services Division, WDA
    • Challenges of Manpower Development in the Agecare Sector
      Tan Bee Wan, CEO, Tsao Foundation and Amy Teo, Programme Director,WDA Quality
      Training Provider, Tsao Foundation, Singapore
  Breakout Session 2C
Free Paper and Poster  Presentations on the Theme of Community Care for Older Persons
(Open to all delegates)
17.30 Closing Ceremony
18.00 End of Program
DAY 3: Wednesday 14 January 2009
Date Program   Program
09.00 Asia Aged Care Service Network – discussion on IAHSA’s Asia

Glenn Bunney, Vice Chairman , IAHSA

09.00
Till
17.00

Field Visits to housing initiatives, health and social care facilities in Singapore
10.30 Tea Break
11.00 Regional Research Workshop Facilitator:

Angelique Chan
Associate Dean, Faculty of Art and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
(by invitation only)
12.30 End of Program
Pre-Conference Workshops
Sunday, 11 January 2009
Rendezvous Hotel (Level 2)
9 Bras Basah Road

Quality Care and Innovations in Aged Care
08.00 Workshop Registration  
09.00 Straits Ballroom 1
Workshop 1
Principles in Dementia Care & Approach to Service

• Care at Home
• Day Centre Care
• Residential Care

Facilitator: Jane Verity, CEO Dementia Care, Australia
Straits Ballroom 2
Workshop 2
Approach to Service Quality Standards In community and residential settings

Facilitator: Carol Benner, Field Director Advancing Excellence Campaign, USA
12.30 Lunch Lunch
14.00 Straits Ballroom 1
Workshop 3
Building Empowered Staff Teams and Creating Affirmative Relationships for Excellence – Work force practices for a transformed work force

Facilitator: Anna Ortigara, Director
of Communications and Outreach,
The Greenhouse ® Project
Straits Ballroom 2
Workshop 4
Community Care Management for Frail Elders to Age In Place

• Integration of care
• Managing Transitional Care post Hospitalization

Facilitator: Hua Mei Care Management Service, Tsao Foundation, Singapore
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