Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Tuesday 03 July
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
How do we ensure we get the health care we want, and deserve, in later life? What are the obstacles to providing individualised medical care for older Australians? How can medical practitioners and families navigate the fraught ethical questions around diminished capacity? How can elderly people take charge, and remain in control, of the crucial decisions that shape their days towards the end of their lives?
For this conversation, we’re bringing together local and international experts from across the fields of medicine, social work and palliative care for a clear-eyed discussion of advanced planning and autonomy in later life. US geriatrician and oncologist Supriya Mohile, social worker and writer Melanie Joosten and palliative care activist Molly Carlile AM will discuss senior activism, cultural differences and patient-centred medical approaches.
Join us for a frank and compassionate conversation about dignity and autonomy for older Australians.
This event will be Auslan interpreted.
Readings will be our bookseller at this event.
Featuring
Ranjana Srivastava
Dr Ranjana Srivastava is an oncologist, Fulbright scholar and award-winning author. She is a Walkley Award finalist for her columns on medicine and humanity in the Guardian.
Her honours include the Human Rights Literature Prize and a medal of the Order of Australia for her contribution the field of doctor-patient communication. Her latest book is called A Better Death: Conversations about the Art of Living and Dying Well.
Supriya Mohile
Supriya Gupta Mohile is a board-certified geriatrician and oncologist. She completed internship, residency and fellowships in hematology/oncology and geriatrics at University of Chicago Medical Center, where she also earned a Master's degree in health outcomes research.
Mohile's research interests include the evaluation of patterns of care, health outcomes, and quality of life related to treatment for systemic cancer in older patients. In 2013, she was awarded several grants to evaluate whether geriatric assessment, a patient centered assessment of health, can improve outcomes of older patients with cancer. She directs the Specialized Oncology Care & Research in the Elderly (SOCARE) geriatric oncology clinic at the University of Rochester/Highland Hospital and is an integral member of the University of Rochester NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Base. She leads the Cancer Care Delivery Research (CCDR) efforts in the Research Base and sits on the CCDR Steering Committee at the NCI.
Dr Mohile is an expert in geriatric oncology with over 130 publications in this area. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology. She was the Chair for the ASCO Geriatric Oncology Task Force and the ASCO Geriatric Oncology Clinical Guideline panel.
Melanie Joosten
Melanie Joosten is a social worker and researcher, and the author of A Long Time Coming: Essays on Old Age. She works as a policy officer at the elder abuse service Seniors Rights Victoria. She is the author of the novels Gravity Well and Berlin Syndrome, and has been named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist.
Molly Carlile
Molly Carlile AM has worked in the palliative care sector as a specialist clinician, leader and senior manager for over thirty years. She has received multiple national and international awards, is a published author, international speaker and advocate for improving community death literacy in order to build compassionate and supportive communities for people living with a terminal illness or grieving the loss of someone they love. Her latest book The Death Talker has been used widely as a source of information and inspiration. Molly is Chief Executive Officer of Palliative Care South East Ltd. and sits on a number of DHHS advisory and policy committees.