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Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person Workshop (Workshop 9: Southern Metro – Dandenong)

October 13 - October 15

Free

Managed by the Victorian Department of Health through the Commonwealth Government’s Strengthening Medicare – Supporting Older Australians initiative, the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC) at La Trobe University will be holding 140 three-day workshops for nurses who work in all Victorian residential aged care services. The workshop includes interactive, hands-on skills development, aided by simulation manikins.

The Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person workshop provides nurses with content and skills development in the areas of:

• clinical reasoning and general assessment skills
• communication of assessment – professional issues
• musculoskeletal assessment
• nutrition, metabolism and elimination assessment
• cardiovascular assessment
• respiratory assessment
• cognitive and perceptual assessment
• psychosocial assessment

More information can be found at https://www.latrobe.edu.au/funded-chaop-victoria

Dates: Monday 13, Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 October 2025
Times: 9:00am – 4:30pm daily
Location: Dandenong
Registration Cost: Free ($0)
Any other instructions: To be eligible, you must work in a Victorian residential aged care home. You must obtain your manager’s approval before registering for the workshop so you can arrange the appropriate leave required.

Further enquiries can be made to Rebecca Watson.

Details

Start:
October 13
End:
October 15
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://pay.latrobe.edu.au/EvProvost/booking?e=PRO_EV160

Organizer

La Trobe University – Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care
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