
Joyce Simard
University of Western Sydney
Namaste care: Helps people with advanced dementia live not just exist
Geriatric, Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Nursing explores nursing approaches that support ageing, recovery, independence, functional ability, and quality of life. It includes care delivered in hospitals, rehabilitation centres, residential facilities, community services, and home settings.
Abstract Scope and Participation: Abstracts may address ageing, frailty, rehabilitation, dementia care, disability, long-term care, caregiver support, chronic illness, mobility, and healthy ageing. Geriatric nurses, rehabilitation professionals, researchers, educators, students, clinicians, care managers, and professionals working with older adults may contribute.

University of Western Sydney
Namaste care: Helps people with advanced dementia live not just exist
Aging is a natural phenomenon characterized by a progressive decline in physiological integrity, resulting in the deterioration of cognitive and physical function. In this sense, changes in urinary…
Family caregivers always encounter high levels of psychological distress and physical strain when caring for a person with dementia. Family-based intervention is an important option for providing…
The World Health Organization (WHO) designated dementia as a global public health priority in April 2012. The 2019 Global Dementia Report estimates that there are more than 50 million people living…
A prop is an aid or object used by a caregiver to support an interaction with the person with dementia. It is an inanimate object to which certain but not always truthful properties can be assigned.…
Telling lies to patients with moderate to severe dementia is much debated in the literature. A whole range of words are used such as white lie, fiblet, therapeutic to reduce the emotional impact of…
Wholetruth, untruths and lies was an ethnographic study of communication between professional caregivers and people with dementia, which lead to the development of a Taxonomy of Lies and the Lie ARM…
Sessions are CPD-accredited; certificates issued to every registered delegate within two weeks of the conference.
Oral and poster slots for original Geriatric, Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Nursing work, reviewed by the scientific committee.
Meet nurse researchers, educators, and clinical leaders from around the world across three days.
Accepted abstracts appear in the indexed conference proceedings with a citable DOI.
Plenary lectures from leading voices shaping Geriatric, Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Nursing research and practice.
Attend in person in Singapore or join virtually — same programme, same certificate.
Oral and poster slots for your work — in person in Singapore or online. Not presenting? Attend as a delegate to learn from the field.
The Geriatric, Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Nursing track is a dedicated stream within Nursing 2027 covering the latest research, clinical innovation, and best practice in Geriatric, Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Nursing. It brings together researchers, educators, and practitioners for oral presentations, posters, and discussion.
Nurse researchers, advanced practice nurses, educators, doctoral students, and clinical leaders with an interest in Geriatric, Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Nursing are all welcome — whether presenting or attending.
Yes. Submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation. All submissions are peer-reviewed by the scientific committee; accepted abstracts appear in the indexed proceedings.
Yes. Nursing 2027 is a hybrid conference — attend the Geriatric, Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Nursing track in person in Singapore or join live online, with on-demand access afterward.
Singapore · March 15–17, 2027· Hybrid · in-person & virtual
Attend without presenting.