Overview
Navigating the aged care system can be a daunting task for older people and those who support them. The choice to start in-home care—or to move into residential care—can be emotionally, administratively and medically complex. In this final Age-Ed seminar for 2025, we bring together four expert professionals to share their perspectives on how to support older people through the aged care journey.
This session will focus on the how of aged care:
- How to access relevant community and government support for care
- How to identify when there is a medical need for aged care, in-home or residential
- How to understand the legal context of care and plan for its financial impacts
Whether you're new to caring or already experienced in that role, this seminar is designed to equip you with actionable insights and a clearer path forward.
Panellists
Mr Will Goodair is a Certified Financial Planner with over 24 year’s experience. He specialises in retirement planning and aged care. Will focuses on guiding clients through transitions in their lives and focuses on their objectives and on helping to better educate them. His aim is empowering people to better understand and utilise their finances towards confidently living their best lives.
Dr Kimberly Haladyn is a medical doctor, Lecturer in the UQ Academy for Medical Education, and PhD candidate on palliative care. Kimberly worked as a hospital doctor for many years before pursuing a career in General Practice. Kimberly’s medical practice regularly involves assessing patients’ decision-making capacity and supporting advance care planning, an area of practice that she is passionate about.
Associate Professor Maree Petersen is an internationally recognised gerontological social work researcher. She has led multiple research projects all recognising older people’s rights to participate in healthy ageing, and thus to be housed well with access to community aged care services. Maree has just completed a ARC Discovery project exploring the housing precarity of older Australians with a life course lens.
Anne-Louise McCawley is the Community Engagement and Education Leader in the Seniors Legal and Support Service at Caxton Legal Centre Inc. She is trained as both a lawyer and social worker, having worked with Queensland Health for more than 15 years. Anne-Louise has expertise in decision-making for older persons, including supporting persons to make decisions for themselves.
For further information please contact Age-Ed@law.uq.edu.au
About Age-Ed Seminar Series
About the Series
Age-Ed is a new support network for those who care for older persons at UQ, which is run by UQ Law academics with lived experience of informal aged care or research expertise on ageing. The network fosters evidence-based education, peer support, and interdisciplinary research opportunities on aged care within the UQ community. Through seminars, Carers’ Cafés, and collaboration with UQ’s Age Friendly University and Dementia Friendly University initiatives, Age-Ed aims to help carers manage the legal, practical, and emotional impacts of care, in line with the UQ values of respect and inclusivity. Age-Ed also works closely with the UQ Network for Carers of Children with Special Needs and Serious Chronic Illnesses.