Alex Blanch
General Manager Clinical Care & Practice, Residential Care
HammondCare
Alex Blanch is the General Manager of Clinical Care & Practice at HammondCare, responsible for clinical governance, workforce capability, and the integration of best-practice care across residential services. He is a Registered Nurse with experience in aged care and critical care, and has a particular interest in advancing nurse-led models of care, strengthening scope of practice, and translating clinical strategy into sustainable, high-quality outcomes for older Australians.
SESSIONS
Day 1
2:35
Panel: Embedding quality and compassionate palliative care into Aged Care Systems under the Strengthened Standards
How can providers integrate a proactive palliative approach into everyday care to meet new expectations for quality, safety, symptom management, and family communication under Standards 5 and 6?
Gain insight into the governance oversight, workforce capability, and early-identification systems needed to deliver safe, person-led, dignified care at end-of-life, and how leaders can build staff confidence in high-risk, emotionally complex situations
Understand how to make palliative care effective for common comorbities, including dementia, cancer and chronic pain
Moderator: Claire Johnson, Director, PACOP
Chelsea Menchin, National Projects Director, Palliative Care Australia
Jayne Littledike, Manager Nightingale Program, Dementia Australia
Alex Blanch, General Manager Clinical Care & Practice, Residential Care, HammondCare