University of Newcastle
General Practice
Dimity Pond is a GP in clinical practice in Berowra, NSW. She is Professor of General Practice at the University of Newcastle and conducts research in the area of mental health and particularly dementia, focussing mainly on GP identification and management. Clinically, her main interest is in care of older persons. She is the convenor for the WONCA Special Interest Group in Ageing and Health

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ROUND TABLE SESSION
Session Type
ROUND TABLE SESSION
Date
09.07.2021, Friday
Session Time
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room
Hall 1
Session Description
Nowadays, both governments and doctors are paying a lot of attention to prevention in order to diminish the burden of disease and thus keep health care sustainable and affordable. The first question is on which preventive activities we should focus when providing care for older people, especially the very old. Should quaternary prevention, protecting people from overmedicalization, be our main goal? The downside of quaternary prevention might be that we take or are misinterpreted as taking a ‘laissez faire, laissez passer’ approach of not providing enough care for our patients. How do we achieve a balance and how do we discuss this with patients? Secondly, what are the ethical dilemmas in discussing advance care planning with patients who have been recently diagnosed with dementia, and in discussing this with their families? When and how should we proceed with advance care planning? Which issues should be covered, which issues should perhaps be avoided? In this Round Table we will explore both themes in-depth, after the two plenary speakers have provided us with food for thought. In small groups, we will have two rounds of discussion on an assignment for each theme which will be introduced by Dimity Pond.
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ETHICAL ASPECTS OF ELDERLY CARE

Date
09.07.2021, Friday
Session Time
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room
Hall 1
Lecture Time
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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