Role
Under its terms of reference, the Aged Care Advisory Group is responsible for providing aged care policy advice to the Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC) on matters relevant to health protection in the aged care sector, including preparation and planning for prevention, management and recovery from emergency events such as infectious disease outbreaks and natural disasters in services delivering Commonwealth funded aged care.
Members
| Members | Title |
|---|---|
| Chair - Professor Alison McMillan PSM | Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Department of Health and Aged Care |
| Dr Revle Bangor-Jones | Deputy Chief Health Officer, Health Protection, Western Australia Department of Health |
| Dr Mandy Callary BMBS FRACP Mst Gerontology Grad Cert Leadership GAICD | Chief Clinical Advisor, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission |
| Dr Paresh Dawda | Principal and Director, Prestantia Health |
| Professor Sarah Hilmer AM FAHMS | Head of Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Senior Staff Specialist Aged Care, Royal North Shore Hospital Conjoint Professor of Geriatric Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney |
| Dr Catherine Kelaher MBBS (Hons) FAFOEM, FRACGP, MPH, Grad.DIP OccEnvMed, BFA, B.App.Sci | Senior Medical Advisor, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Health Protection Policy, Department of Defence Occupational physician, Australian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Dr Lyn-Li Lim MBBS FRACP, MPH, Grad Dip Clin Epi, AFRACMA | Infectious diseases physician, Consultant, Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission |
| Associate Professor Michael Murray AM | Head of Geriatric Medicine, Austin Health |
| Professor Mary O’Reilly MBBS, MPH, FRACP, FRACMA, CICP | Chief Medical Officer, Austin Health Adjunct Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University |
| Ms Annie Butler | Federal Secretary, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
| Mr Geoff Rowe | Chief Executive Officer, Aged & Disability Advocacy Australia |
| Ms Barbra Williams | Director Client Services, Dementia Australia |
| Ms Rachel Bowes | Head of Residential Care, Southern Cross Care, NSW and ACT |
| Ms Katrina Crump | Executive Member, Gerontological Allliance of Nurses Australia (GANA) |
| Standing observers | |
| Ms Liz Hefren-Webb | Commissioner, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission |
| Dr Sophie Davison | Chief Psychiatrist, Department of Health and Aged Care |
Related committees or groups
This group reports to the Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC).