Appendix 2

Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at public hearings

Thursday, 19 August 2004
Central Room, Level 2, Mercure Hotel on Broadway, Sydney

Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Mr Jeff Chan, Director of Community Integration

Australian Huntington's Disease Association
Ms Robyn Kapp, Executive Officer NSW Association and Treasurer National Association

Multiple Sclerosis Society of NSW
Mr Bill Northcote, Chief Executive Officer

Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
Mr Paul Versteege, Policy Coordinator

Aged and Community Services Association
Mr Paul Sadler, Chief Executive Officer

Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine
Dr Peter Hunter, President Elect

Geriaction
Kate Hurrell, State and National President

New South Wales Department of Health
Dr Richard Matthews, Deputy Director-General, Strategic Development Division
Ms Catherine Katz, Director, Intergovernment and Funding Strategies, Strategic Development Division
Ms Elena Manning, A/g Manager, Intergovernment and Funding Strategies, Strategic Development Division

Health Services Union
Ms Natalie Bradbury, Acting Assistant Secretary
Ms Sheila Hughes, Member
Ms Josie Peacock, Member
Ms Evelyn Fox, HSU Member
Ms Tracey Allen, Member

Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency
Mr Mark Brandon, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Ross Bushrod, General Manager Accreditation

Ashfield Municipal Council
Ms Janine Fullin, Community Worker (Aged and Disability Services

 

Friday, 11 February 2005
Parliament House, Canberra

UnitingCare Australia
Ms Lin Hatfield Dodds, National Director
Mr Fred Huckerby

Australian Nursing Homes and Extended Care Association (ANHECA)
Mr Rod Young, Chief Executive Officer

Catholic Health Australia
Mr Francis Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Richard Gray, Director, Aged Care Services
Ms Margaret Deerain, Manager Policy and Research

Australian Medical Association Limited (AMA)
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, Vice President & Chair Committee on Care of Older People
Mr Bruce Shaw, Senior Policy Adviser, Aged Care
Mr John O'Dea, Director, Medical Practice
Ms Josie Hill, Policy Adviser

Australian Nursing Federation (ANF)
Ms Jill Iliffe, Federal Secretary
Ms Geraldine Cowin, Assistant Federal Secretary

Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA)
Ms Elizabeth Foley, Director, Policy
Ms Kaye Hogan, Consultant

ACROD
Dr Ken Baker, Chief Executive

Carers Australia
Ms Julie Austin, Senior Policy Adviser

ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service (ADACAS)
Mr Michael Woodhead, Acting Manager

National Rural Health Alliance
Mr Gordon Gregory, Executive Director

Department of Health and Ageing
Mr Nick Mersiades, First Assistant Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care Division
Mr Warwick Bruen, Assistant Secretary, Community Care Branch
Ms Gail Finlay, Assistant Secretary, Quality Outcomes Branch
Ms Alice Creelman, A/g Assistant Secretary, Policy and Evaluation Branch
Mr Stephen Dellar, Assistant Secretary, Residential Programs Management Branch
Dr David Cullen, Executive Director, Financial & Economic Modelling and Analysis Group

Department of Family and Community Services
Mr Roger Barson, Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability

 

Tuesday, 22 February 2005
Old Methodist Meeting Hall, Adelaide Town Hall, 25 Pirie Street, Adelaide

Aged and Community Services SA & NT
Mr Robert Dempsey, Chief Executive Officer
Mrs Marcia Fisher, Chairperson

Resthaven
Mr Richard Hearn, Chief Executive Officer

Dr Kay Price, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia

Aged Care Lobby Group
Ms Jenny Booth, Chair
Mrs Grace Jackman, Member and Consumer

Office of the Public Advocate
Mr John Harley, Public Advocate

Healthy Ageing Project of Metropolitan Domiciliary Care
Dr Bob Penhall, General Manager, Medical Services
Ms Leah Trotta, Project Manager

Adelaide North East Division Regional Medication Advisory Committee
Professor Andrew Gilbert, Director, Medicines and Research Centre, University of South Australia
Ms Wendy Morey, Clinical Manager, Resthaven
Dr Peter Ford, Member, Regional Medication Advisory Committee
Ms Belinda Loveless, Aged Care Program Coordinator

Disability Action
Mr Phillip Beddall, Member
Mr David Morrell, Member

 

Wednesday, 23 February 2005
Conference Room, Commonwealth Offices, Level 39 Exchange Plaza, Perth

Centre for Research into Aged Care Services, Curtin University of Technology
Ms Barbara Horner, Director

Nurses Board of Western Australia
Ms Margaret Watson, Chief Executive Officer

Baptistcare
Mr Ken Ridge, Chief Executive Officer

Silver Chain
Mr Ross Bradshaw, Chief Executive

St Bartholomew's House
Ms Lynne Evans, Chief Executive Officer

WA MS Society
Ms Sue Shapland, Senior Manager, Member Services

 

Friday, 11 March 2005
Central Room, Level 2, Mercure Hotel on Broadway, Sydney

Ethnic Communities' Council of NSW
Ms Edna McGill, Assistant Treasurer

Neuro-Oncology Group of NSW
Professor Michael Barton, Chair
Ms Teresa Simpson, Member
Ms Siobhan Langford, Member

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, Liverpool Health Service
Dr Adeline Hodgkinson, Director
Ms Barbara Strettles, Residential Service Manager

Carrington Centennial Trust
Mr Raad Richards, Chief Executive
Ms Stephanie Penney, Director

Benevolent Society
Ms Barbara Squires, Director, Centre on Ageing

NSW Nurses Association
Mr Brett Holmes, General Secretary
Ms Lynette Flanagan, Member, Branch Delegate and Branch Secretary
Mrs Christina Heath, Member
Ms Lucille McKenna, Councillor and Branch Delegate

Council of Social Service of NSW (NCOSS)
Mr Gary Moore, Director
Ms Christine Regan
Ms Tara Prince, Representative, NSW HAACC issues forum
Ms Sheree Freeburn, Member, NSW Aboriginal Community Care Gathering

NSW Aged Care Alliance
Ms Janet Ma

Mental Health Co-ordinating Council
Ms Ann MacLochlainn, Policy Officer
Ms Vanessa Vaughan, Sydney Support Services Manager, New Horizons Enterprises Ltd

Dr Roderick McKay, Director, Aged Care Psychiatry, Braeside Hospital

Mr Gordon Fuller, Mrs Margaret Way-Fuller & Mr Cameron Way

Ms Gayl Foy

Mrs Jackie McRae

 

Friday, 18 March 2005
Dandiir Room, Level 5, Parliament House, Alice Street, Brisbane

Office of the Public Advocate – Queensland
Mr Ian Boardman, Public Advocate
Ms Beverley Funnell, Senior Research Officer
Mr Lindsay Irons, Senior Research Officer

Aged Care Queensland
Mr Don Bain, President
Mr David Angell, Chief Executive Officer

Village Life Ltd
Mr Tony Roberts, Joint Managing Director

Younger People in Aged Care Alliance
Ms Melinda Ewin
Mrs Glenda Grimley, Policy and Research Officer, Cerebral Palsy League of Qld

Mobile Attendant Care Service
Mr Darren Meyers, President
Ms Sharan Hatch, Coordinator

Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU)
Ms Valda Graham, Assistant Secretary
Ms Sandra Leggieri, Delegate
Mr Stan Rosenberg, Delegate
Mr Bill Morgan-Harry, Delegate
Ms June Slater, Delegate

Queensland Nursing Council
Ms Anne Morrison, Executive Officer
Ms Maureen Thompson, Principal Research & Policy Adviser

Queensland Nurses Union
Ms Gay Hawksworth, Secretary
Ms Anne Garrahy, Professional Officer
Mr Steven Ross, Industrial Officer

 

Tuesday, 26 April 2005
St James Court Conference & Function Centre, 12 Batman Street, West Melbourne

Aged and Community Services Australia
Mr Greg Mundy, Chief Executive Officer

Victorian Association of Health & Extended Care
Ms Sandra Hills, Board Member

Victorian Healthcare Association
Ms Martina Stanley, Senior Policy Officer

Palliative Care Victoria
Mr Kevin Larkins, Executive Director

Southern Health
Mr Greg Young, Executive Director, Primary Care
Ms Bronwyn Harding, Manager, ABI:STR Program

Inability Possability
Ms Megan Atkins, Secretary
Ms Eileen McCormack

Karingal Inc
Dr Brian Donovan, Director, Innovation Unit
Mrs Vanda Fear

Health Services Union
Mr Craig Thomson, National Secretary
Mrs Alicia Anset, Member
Mr William Jacob, Member
Mrs Iva Wilken, Member
Mrs Debra Williams, Member

National Alliance of Young People in Nursing Homes
Dr Bronwyn Morkham, National Director

MS Society of Victoria and Australian Home Care Services
Mr Lindsay McMillan, Chief Executive Officer, MS Society
Mr Alan Blackwood, Manager, Policy & Community Partnerships, MS Society
Ms Deborah Farrell, Residential Services Manager, Australian Home Care Services
Ms Vicky Smith

Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria
Mr Rodney Harris, Chief Executive Officer

ParaQuad Victoria
Ms Helen Bryant, General Manager, Community Care
Ms Margaret Cooper, Polio Advisory Committee

Victorian Brain Injury Recovery Association
Mr Allen Martin, Acting Secretary and Treasurer
Professor Barry Rawicki, Past President
Dr Joan Tierney, Executive Committee Member
Ms Susan Vincent, Executive Committee Member

Ms Mary Nolan

Mr Richard Reilly

Mr Jeremy Smith

Mr Ian Cox

 

Wednesday, 27 April 2005
St James Court Conference & Function Centre,12 Batman Street, West Melbourne

Brotherhood of St Laurence
Mr Alan Gruner, Manager, Residential Services
Ms Christine Morka, Manager, Community Care

Melbourne Citymission
Ms Colleen Tenni, General Manager, Aged Care Services

Benetas
Ms Helen Kurincic, Executive Director

Municipal Association of Victoria
Mr Peter Walsh, Director, Policy & Strategy
Ms Clare Hargreaves, Senior Advisor Social Policy

Community Care Coalition
Ms Pat Sparrow

COTA National Seniors
Mr David Deans, Chief Executive Officer

Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria
Ms Marion Lau, Immediate Past Chairperson
Mr Phong Nuguyen, Chairperson

Fronditha Care Inc & DutchCare Ltd
Mr Peter Gogorosis, Chief Executive Officer, Fronditha Care

ANF (Victorian Branch)
Ms Jan Brownrigg, Assistant Secretary
Ms Jill Clutterbuck, Senior Professional Officer
Ms Kate Jackson, Industrial Relations Organiser

Royal District Nursing Service
Mr Dan Romanis, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Carol Jaffit, District Nurse Specialist, Continence

Australian Physiotherapy Association
Ms Cathy Nall, President

Aged Care Assessment Service Victoria
Ms Maureen Smith, Chairperson
Ms Pauline Donaldson, Past Chairperson

Office of the Public Advocate
Dr David Sykes, Manager, Policy & Education

Victorian Government
Mr Chris Puckey, Manager, Policy & Analysis, Aged Care Branch, Department of Human Services
Ms Jeannine Jacobson, Manager, Coordinated & Home Care

 

Thursday, 28 April 2005
Glenorchy Civic Centre, Cooper Street, Glenorchy, Hobart

Advocacy Tasmania
Ms Hilary Brown, Aged Care Advocate
Mr Kenneth Hardaker, Manager

Southern Cross Care (Tasmania)
Mr Richard Sadek, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Jill Savell, Director, Community Care
Ms Carolyn Wallace, Director of Nursing, Rosary Gardens

Mary Ogilvy Homes Society
Ms Jo Hardy, Chief Executive Officer

Tasmanian Council of Social Service
Mr Mat Rowell, Executive Director

HOPES
Mr David Pearce, President
Ms Sue Hodgson, Vice President
Ms Carolyn Neilsen, Member

Brain Injury Association of Tasmania
Ms Deborah Byrne, Executive Officer
MS Society of Tasmania
Mr Ross Duncan, General Manager

 

INSPECTIONS

Wednesday, 23 February 2005

Perth

MS Society WA

MS Society Wilson Administration Centre, Wilson for discussions and visit with Mr Marcus Stafford, CEO and Ms Sue Shapland, Senior Manager

Fern River complex, Wilson - a cluster of six villas to support people with MS.

Brightwater Care Group

Ellison House, Orrong Road, Carlisle - facility for people with Huntington's Disease

Maylands, Caledonian Avenue, Maylands - a house for people with acquired brain injury.

The Committee was accompanied by Ms Janet Wagland, Manager, Services for younger people.

Tuesday, 26 April 2005

MS Society of Victoria, 27a Blackwood Street, Carnegie

The Committee visited the MS Society of Victoria home in Carnegie, inspected the facilities and had informal discussions with residents, staff and members of the MS Society executive who had appeared at the public hearing earlier in the day.

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