COLLABORATION WORKING IN OLDER PERSONS MENTAL HEALTH, AGED AND DEMENTIA CARE. “Raise Your Voice’ – A thought provoking and stimulating conference from the PGNA on Friday, 13th September in Wollongong. A great line-up of speakers from diverse backgrounds includes Dr Sue Packer, 2019 Senior Australian of the year, and 9 others.
www.pgna.org.au/conference
Dr Sid will be speaking on: ‘Mental illness: mind, body, brain, family and culture’. He will present some information on: anxiety, depression, hallucinations, delusions and confabulations associated with brain pathology and/or systemic (body) disorders. His main takeaway messages for attendees will be: 1. Keep an open mind about a person’s mental illness and consider brain and body causes or at least contributions to mental health issues. 2. Always attend to and consider psychological, family & cultural issues, even when there are definite/proven ‘organic’ factors. 3. If in doubt consider discussing the issues or referring for assessment/opinion to an appropriate person or team.
His book about the experience of dementia and other brain disorders will be available to buy at the conference.