Kath Horton
Service Manager
Mercy Healthy Ageing: Mercy Place Warrnambool
With over 36 years in nursing, education, and aged care, Kath has held roles including Registered Nurse, Nurse Educator, Executive Aged Care Manager, and curriculum developer. She has supported ANMAC as an ENAC Member, academic, deputy chair, and accreditation auditor. Holding a Master of Education, she has written and delivered leadership courses across nursing and aged care. Passionate about cultural safety, Kath now leads health and aged care teams toward embracing equity, inclusion, and diversity in workplace culture.
SESSIONS
Day 1
11:20
Interactive Round Tables
Join us for 5 small-group roundtables looking deep into the latest challenges and solutions. These small group sessions allow for more dynamic, engaging and discussion-based conversations and are always a highlight of the forum.
Roundtable A – presented by Riskonnect
Using integrated software to streamline risk and processes organisation wide
Matthew Meldrum, Senior Sales Engineer, Riskonnect
Roundtable B – presented by Indeed
Your Brand, Their Choice: The Secret to Winning Talent in Aged Care
Lauren Anderson, Senior Talent Strategy Advisor, Indeed
Roundtable C – presented by Zipline
Cut Time to Fill by 25%+
Nonny Evans, Director of Healthcare, Zipline
Roundtable D – presented by BESTMED
Enhancing Clinical Care: Improving Safety Through Innovation
Maximising resident and participant outcomes across the aged care continuum by applying past and current learnings through adopting medication management systems.
Amanda Fieldhouse, National Relationship Manager - Clinical & Marcus Holstein, Head of Product
Marcus Holstein, Head of Product, BESTMED
Roundtable E – presented by Kath Horton
Cultural safety in aged care staffing
Kath Horton, Independent Business Owner, Aged Care Curriculum SME and NDIS Recipient Support Coordinator
Day 2
3:30
Cultural safety in aged care staffing
How to ensure your workplace is culturally safe and inclusive for migrant aged care workers and residents?
Better understand and meet the cultural needs of aged care workers to enhance well-being, retention, and quality of care.
Kath Horton, Independent Business Owner, Aged Care Curriculum SME and NDIS Recipient Support Coordinator