Australian Association for the Manual Handling of People

Pack your bags for sunny Brisbane and get ready for three incredible days of learning, inspiration, and connection at the AAMHP Conference!  

This year's program is shaping up to be extraordinary with exciting abstracts flying in, featuring:  

• Cutting-edge: Latest research and innovative ideas.  
• Challenging Behaviors: Empowering strategies and insights.  
• Bariatrics: Exploring advancements in care and management.  
• International Speakers: World-renowned experts sharing their expertise.  
• Connection with Peers: Build lasting relationships and strengthen your network.  
• Inspirational Moments: A platform to recharge, reimagine, and rise to new heights.  

Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the action. Save the date and stay tuned as we unveil more exciting program details!  

March 22nd, 2024 from 08:30 - 17:00

Club Paramatta
2 Macquarie St, Parramatta
NSW 2150

This dynamic one-day workshop will focus on the manual handling of people when the situation is "unexpected".

The highlight of the day will be the opportunity to network with colleagues from various areas of health care and manual handling gurus with years of experience in this field.

The morning sessions will include presentations and panel discussions on:

• Medical emergencies
• Evacuation
• Post fall
• Challenging behaviours
• Managing patients with bariatric needs

Followed by an afternoon of hands-on practical sessions with:

• experts on slide sheet manoeuvres
• managing people with bariatric needs
• Compare the best equipment for each situation to see if it meets your organisation's needs.
• Review the newest equipment from local companies and supplier.

Arrive @08.30 for morning for coffee / tea and start your networking around the trade show.

Top the day off with a free flow networking event with delectable treats and drinks.

Please nominate dietary needs on the eventbrite site.

Click here to book!

Limited places - so hurry to book your place.

Parking vouchers available / Paramatta Train station only a 9min walk.
Check road traffic directions if attending by car.

1 day Professional Development Workshop.

11th May 2023 - Victoria Park Herston Brisbane. Register through Conferences above.

Abstracts are still open for the Conference in Melbourne 21 to 23 May 2018. 

Here are some ideas to inspire thought and motivation for submitting an abstract and sharing your story.

Industry scope - Whilst the industry scope remains the same Health and community services (Hospitals, Rehabilitation centres, Education, Emergency services, Aged care, Community care) the 2018 conference has widened the scope to beyong just manual handling of people. Share your successes in materials handling, safety systems, training and education or wellness and injury management.

 Predictions:

• Think Strategies 2020 - 2030 - Where are we headed: Current need to know Topics of interest:
• Aging population - Greatest uses of the healthcare system - What has your sector done to challenge this?
• Immigration: Have you predicted an impact on the Healthcare system - From a user's perspective or and Employees perspective.
• The modern Regulator - the inspectorate, where is this headed?
• IT solutions - will computerisation and automation change care delivery?Workforce of the future - what will it look like
• Aged care - How to navigate into the future - are we prepared for the baby boomer generation
• What is the Health predictions of the future? Particularly in community care.
• What impact will the NDIS and packaged care on safety in the workplace, clients self-managing their packages and employing less qualified persons?
• Can we predict the impact on standard of care?
• Use of telehealth - How will this look?
• Where do you see manual handling training in 2020? Purely assimilated?
• Rehab and post injury work - Predicting the injury type of the future?
• Mental Health: Stress and anxiety claims: Now on the rise above any physical injury?

People

• Dementia - co morbidities, impact on healthcare: Employee perspective, Client perspective; and Behaviours of concern
• Ageing workforce
• NDIS - National Disability Insurance Scheme: CDC "Consumer directed care" case studies - What's the impact / strategies and outcomes
• Organisational change: Challenging change for better outcomes rather than for change sake.
• Population change - immigration impacts
• Working in isolation - who do you turn to?
• Professional Development - case studies
• Multicultural workforces - cultural understanding
• RTW success stories

Preventions

• Ergonomics and Design in prevention
• Ergonomic outcomes - case studies in Over Head tracking systems
• Workplace stress strategies - What's happening in Mental health
• Success stories - Spread the news..
• Innovations - Equipment, strategies, Programs
• Rescue teams of the future - challenging environments
• The good bad and ugly of the industry - Federal government perspective

 Abstract submission close 27th October 2017. Share your success stories!!

The conference planning committee are please to invite you to submitt an abstract for the next fantastic AAMHP conference in Melbourne on 21-23 May 2018.

Abstracts are requested for either

• oral presentations
• workshops
• new inventors

New for 2018, we will be expanding the scope of the presentations to include broader health, safety and wellbeing initiatives within the health and community services areas.  This is a great opportunity to share new ideas and success stories.

More information is available on the flyer.

To submit an abstract please visit: https://yrd/currinda/register/event/1115

Abstract submissions close Friday 27th October 2017.

Regards

Pippa Wright