COVID-19

Ms Kirrily Stewart1, Ms Caoimhe Scales1, Dr Sharon Carey1, Prof Jennifer Alison1,2, Ms Sarah Whitney1 1Sydney Local Health District – Special Health Accommodation, Sydney, Australia, 2University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Background: Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) established the Special Health...

Ms Louise Mogg1 1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia Background: The rapid spread of the novel corona virus (COVID-19) has presented immeasurable challenges to the aged care and disability sectors; the former of which being the hardest hit in Victoria. Despite...

Ms Caoimhe Scales1, Dr Ling-Ling Tsai2,3, Sarah  Whitney2, Miranda  Shaw4, Dr Owen  Hutchings4, Dr Lissa  Spencer5, Dr Lil Vrklevski6, Dr Sharon Carey7, Prof Jennifer A Alison2,3 1Exercise Physiology, Special Health Accommodation, Sydney Local Health District, , Australia, 2Allied Health, Sydney...

Ms Dragana Ceprnja1, Ms Tracey Clarke1, Mr Jonathan Young1, Ms Rebecca Lee1, Ms Kylie Flynn1, Ms Katherine Maka1 1Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia Background:  The COVID- 19 pandemic led to the rapid implementation of telehealth service delivery for...

Ms Melinda Collins1, Ms Marianne Crowe1, Ms Fiona Manning1, Ms Voula Kallianis1 1St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy , Australia Background: The COVID-19 pandemic was identified to potentially exacerbate risk factors, place victim survivors at increased risk of family violence and create...

Dr Danielle Hitch1,3, Assoc. Prof. Kimberley Haines1,2, Assoc. Prof. Cathy Said1,2, Ms.  Kathryn  Barker1, Ms.  Sarah  Booth1, Ms.  Vanessa Carter1, Ms. Courtney Hiley1, Dr.  Sara  Holton3, Dr.  Melanie  Lloyd1, Ms.  Helen Nelson1, Mr.  Matthew  Thorpe1, Assoc. Prof.  Genevieve  Pepin3, Assoc....

Mr Arryn Mills1, Professor Stacey George1,2, Professor Chris Brebner2, Associate Professor  Maayken  van den Berg2, Associate Professor Chris Barr2, Doctor Christine  Mpundu-Kaambwa2, Professor  Annette  Briley1,2, Doctor  Stephanie Champion2, Mrs Mirella Kakogianis1 1Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Allied Health, Elizabeth,...

Ms Rebekah Rajakone1, Dr Nicola Clayton1,2,3, Ms Rachel McKenzie1, Ms Helen Ryan1 1Speech Pathology Department, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 2School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney,...

Paul Gibson1 1Indigenous Allied Health Australia, Deakin, Australia Lead presenter, Kylie Stothers, is a Jawoyn woman from Katherine, Northern Territory As the peak national membership for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health workforce, Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA)...

Dr Lil Vrkevski1,2, Ms Hannah Gutmann1, Dr Matthew Modini1,2, Professor Andrew Baillie3,4, Ms Miranda Shaw1, Ms Sarah Whitney1,4, Mr Vincent Craw 1rpavirtual, SLHD, Camperdown, 2050, 2Psychology Department, Mental Health Service, SLHD, Concord, 2137, 3Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, 4Allied Health, SLHD,...