Stories and storytelling in aged care

When older people move home, often to downsize or to move into residential aged care, there are personal care and medical needs to address. But this is also a time of story-telling. In this discussion we will look at the role and importance of narrative and explore approaches we might take as individual practitioners and organisations.

About the presenter

Dr Jagdeesh Singh Dhaliwal

Jag is a GP in South Eastern Melbourne with a special interest in aged care, He has over twenty years experience as a GP partner in England and has served as Deputy Director of Postgraduate Medicine at Keele Medical School, Honorary Associate Professor in Health Services Management at the University of Warwick and as a Consultant Medical Adviser in Healthcare Technology Strategy to global companies including BT plc and a variety of Australian and UK SME technology companies Jag has lectured widely in the UK, USA, Latin America and Asia and his particular interests lie in healthcare leadership and supporting new technologies and innovation.