Chelsea Menchin
National Projects Director
Palliative Care Australia
With more than 20 years’ experience working in health policy and project management, Chelsea Menchin has contributed to range of national programs and reform processes in primary care, chronic disease management and mental health.
In her role as National Projects Director at Palliative Care Australia, Chelsea provides strategic oversight to the project team working to develop and implement projects and collaborations that aim to improve awareness of, access to and quality of palliative care for all who need it. This work includes the Quality Improvement Suite of Resources for specialist and primary palliative care services; PCA Member, sector and stakeholder project collaborations; and the management of the National Register for Palliative Care Consumers and Carers.
Personally, Chelsea is an active volunteer in aged care, social inclusion and homelessness initiatives on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country, in Canberra and the Southern Tablelands region.
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
Linda Cribb, Palliative Care Practice Lead, Uniting
Kaele Stokes, Executive Director Services, Dementia Australia