Ageing involves many transitions. They can be positive and eagerly anticipated, such as retirement; or they may be challenging and unwanted, such as the diagnosis of a chronic condition with an accompanying deterioration in health and the ability to do the things you had hoped to do in your retirement. Our health, disability and aged care sectors are also undergoing transition - from institutionally directed care models to consumer directed care models, but are older people, faith-based agencies, and churches ready for the changes, the challenges and the opportunities this transition presents?

This full day seminar will discuss a model to understand and plan for transition in ageing, we will explore the challenges and opportunities transition in service delivery is affording churches to respond with innovative community activities. We will look more closely at faith community nursing as one model that can facilitate transition in a consumer directed care environment when older people cope with the health transitions of living well with chronic conditions, the moves from hospital to home, and the changes from home to aged care.

Program for the seminar

08.30 Registration commences
09.15 Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
09.30 Understanding Transition in Ageing
10.00 The Transition to Consumer-directed Care: the challenges and opportunities
11.00 Morning tea
11.30 Gleanings on Transition and Ageing from the UK experience with Parish Nursing Ministries
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Health & Pastoral Care Ministry and Faith Community Nursing: opportunities for churches to support people with transition
2.30 Q&A panel discussion on transition and consumer directed care in ageing
3.30 Seminar closes

Our International guest speaker will be Rev. Dr Helen Wordsworth, a registered nurse who has completed theological training and worked as a Baptist minister in the role of ‘mission enabler’ for the central regional Baptist Association in the UK. She commenced ‘Parish Nursing Ministries UK’ in 2001 which established the faith community nurse role across the UK. Helen was recently appointed as the ‘International Faith Community Nursing Specialist’ for the Westberg Institute, Memphis, USA, where her role is to engage with mission agencies, church leaders, nursing leaders, and funders, about starting faith community nursing as a simple, transferable and timely initiative to enhance the missional work of Christian churches.

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Only $25 for the day includes lunch. For Concession card holders and AFCNA members $20