Public Seminars - November 2009

“From creative ageing to end-of-life in rural and remote Australia"

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

CSIRO Discovery Centre. North Science Road, ANU

Matilda House
Welcome to Country
  YouTube Video
  Presentation [4.0 MB pdf]
Jenny May
Chairperson, NRHA
The ageing rural Australia: some of the facts and figures
  YouTube Video
  Presentation [3.8 MB pdf]

Creative ageing in non-metropolitan areas
Introduction by Margret Meagher, Arts and Health Australia
  YouTube Video

Speakers presented evidence about the contributions that can be made by local and outreach arts programs for creative ageing and for carers.

Susan Perlstein
National Center for Creative Ageing, Washington DC, USA
  YouTube Video
  Presentation [7.9 MB pdf]

Mike White
Senior Fellow in Arts in Health, Centre for Medical Humanities, University of Durham, UK
  YouTube Video

Alison Clough
Director, Pioneer Projects and Looking Well Centre, Bentham, UK
  YouTube Video
  Presentation [6.6 MB pdf]
Joan Hughes
CEO, Carers Australia
The tyranny of distance? Carers in regional and remote areas of Australia
  YouTube Video
  Presentation [266 KB pdf]

Donna Daniell
CEO, Palliative Care Australia
End of life care in rural, regional and remote areas
  YouTube Video
  Presentation [350 KB pdf]

Rosemary Young
CEO, Frontier Services
Ageing in the bush: what is remotely possible?
  YouTube Video
  Presentation [11 MB pdf]

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