Sandra South
Research Director; Chair
Perspicacious; OPAN’s Supported Decision Making Working Group
Sandra is currently the Research Director at Perspicacious. Sandra has 25 years of international experience conducting and translating research across a wide range of research fields and organisations, including in her work as Policy and Research Manager at the Australian Association of Gerontology and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Knowledge-Based Policy and Guidance at the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden.
She is passionate about working at the intersection between research evidence, professional expertise, and lived experiences to inform policy and practice improvements.
Sandra has felt honoured to contribute to OPAN’s National Older Person’s Reference Group as a volunteer facilitator and to work with OPAN on a range of projects promoting the human rights of older people in the past 6 years.
SESSIONS
Day 2
2:20
Panel: Empowering residents for autonomous decision-making & human rights
Support residents’ autonomy in daily routines, facility design, and overall care decisions
Co-design environments with residents to feel like home rather than an institution
Ensure continuous resident input in care improvements through consumer advisory committees
Moderator: Rameez Hassan, Chief Nursing Officer, Regis Aged Care
Shawnee Van Poeteren, Program Manager – Advocacy, Advocare
Michelle Treasure, Member, OPAN National Older Persons Reference Group
Sandra South, Research Director, Perspicacious & Chair, OPAN’s Supported Decision Making Working Group