Monday, December 5, 2011

Presentations Now Available from Ageing with A Disability Forum


The Futures Alliance  & The Australian Association of Gerontology (NSW Division) presented Ageing with a Disability Research, Policy & Practice Forum on November 21st 2011. 


This was held in Blacktown and attracted about 100 attendees including the Minister for Ageing and Disability Services Andrew Constance.



The forum brought together a range of guest speakers who spoke on the topics below.
Please click on the title of the presentation to link to the power point slides. 

Professor Christine Bigby
School of Social Work, Latrobe University

Paul Sadler
President The Australian Association of Gerontology (NSW), Presbyterian Aged Care NSW & ACT

Assoc. Prof Roger Stancliffe                    
Faculty of Health Science, University of Sydney

Transition to retirement: The Active Mentoring model 
Assoc.Professor Roger Stancliffe
Faculty of Health Science, University of Sydney

John Morgan OAM
Project / Liaison Officer, Cerebral Palsy Alliance

An audience member, Tony Meli, who is an advocate for people who are both deaf and blind, wished to share his YouTube Video with the audience. It can be found by clicking here:

Thank you to all who presented and attended this forum. 

The Futures Alliance looks forward to continuing our work in this area in 2012.