Advance care planning week virtual forum
The Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning presents an annual virtual education forum for health professionals in Queensland to share the latest developments and research supporting quality advance care planning.
This event is suitable for health professionals located in Queensland working across hospital, community, aged care and research settings.
2024 session recordings
Monday 18 March 2024 - Keynote address
Supporting decision-making and advance care planning for diverse older adults in the community
Presented by Dr Craig Sinclair.
In consultation with Dr Sinclair, the decision was made to not share a recording of the keynote address. This is because the keynote address presentation contains references to current laws and standards that are likely to change in the future.
Tuesday 19 March 2024 - ACP for diverse groups
ACP in the LGBTIQ+ community
Presented by Jenny Sargent, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service.
Advance care planning from a multicultural perspective
Presented by Lorella Piazzetta, Metro South Health and Hospital Service.
- Download the Presentation slides for Advance care planning from a multicultural perspective (PDF 2926 kB)
Wednesday 20 March 2024 - Supported decision-making and ACP
A missing step? Supporting first rather than substitute-decision making: Why now and how to incorporate it into your clinical practice
Presented by Anne-Louise McCawley, Caxton Legal Centre Inc.
ADA Law's Supported Decision-Making Guide - making a positive difference
- Presented by Karen Williams, Principal Solicitor, ADA Law and Rebecca Anderson, Solicitor, ADA Law
Thursday 21 March 2024 - ACP for First Nations people and ACP for children and young people
Advance Care Yarning (ACY) 2024: Weaving the past with the present to revolutionise the future
Presented by Kat Hooper, PallConsult, Queensland Health.
Update on the Paediatric Statement of Choices
Presented by Associate Professor Dr Anthony Herbert, Director, Paediatric Palliative Care Service, Children's Health Queensland.
2022 presentations
- Keynote address - Dr Denise Hobson, General Physician and Geriatrician at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
- Statewide Office of ACP update - Leanne Clemesha, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Statewide Office of ACP, Queensland Health
- Voluntary Assisted Dying in Queensland - Dr Bav Manoharan, Clinical Lead, Voluntary Assisted Dying Implementation and Hayley McNamara, Voluntary Assisted Dying Clinical Policy Manager, Queensland Health
- Consumer viewpoint on ACP - Helen Mees, Consumer Representative
- Facilitating ACP - Ros Holloway and Clarita Lauron, Advance Care Planning Clinical Nurses, West Moreton Health
- ACP: Advocating for Consumer Power. Denise Craig OAM. Psychologist, PhD Candidate, Advance Care Planner
- Models of ACP - Kevin Heisner, Clinical Nurse Consultant Advance Care Planning, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
- ACP: from the big smoke to the bush. A case study panel discussion on advance care planning, capacity and end-of-life care decision making across care environments
2021 presentations
- Denise Hobson - Advance care planning for the cognitively frail (PDF 422 kB)
- Dr Leyton Miller - Advance care planning in the digital space (PDF 2805 kB)
- Dr Mark Deuble - Multiple perspectives on medical futility (PDF 364 kB)
- Dr Will Cairns - Advance care planning in COVID-19 (PDF 282 kB)
- Leanne Clemesha - Office of Advance Care Planning update (PDF 282 kB)
- Rebecca Radford - ACP facilitators (PDF 1728 kB)