Upcoming Education and Training Opportunities:

Not Your Average Conference - A Purposeful Day of Collaboration for Aged Care Leaders

Does this sound like you?

  •  How did I end up here?!

  • I love my job… but sometimes I just want to work at Aldi

  • This job is impossible

  • Are you serious? Now what!

  •  I Have NO idea what this means…

  • I don’t know where to start

If so - you are not alone! We are hearing the words exhaustion, burnout and stress from aged care leaders across Australia and we are here to help.

Not your average conference is a day for you as an aged care leader, to take a PAUSE as we approach the implementation of the new Aged Care Act. It is an opportunity for you to take a breath, regroup and learn from expert clinicians who understand the challenges you are experiencing as we start our marathon (not a sprint!) towards a new era of aged care services in Australia.

The Details…

When: Thursday 18 September 2025

Where: NEC Hangar, 275 Melrose Dr, Melbourne Airport VIC 3045

Who: Aged Care Leaders - Bring a group! Facility Manager, Quality Lead, Education Lead, Clinical Lead, Leisure and Wellbeing Lead

Time: Arrival 830am -9am (coffee and registration), Event 9am- 4pm. Networking: 4pm- 5.30pm

Cost: $599 (plus GST), inclusive of morning tea, lunch, practical resources and a wellness pack

Check out our conference flyer for the full agenda

Take a minute to hear from Kathy Kirby, Thrive Director, RN and Aged Care Expert on why YOU should attend!

To register click HERE

To book multiple participants with payment via invoice email: kathy@thriveaged.com.au

Our Training Programs

Are you ready for the new Aged Care Standards coming in effect 1 November 2025? We have reviewed the new changes and have developed a range of training opportunities to support your teams to THRIVE with the new strengthened standards - in both Residential Aged Care and Home Care:

All training opportunities can be delivered for your teams onsite or online. Email kate@thriveaged.com.au to enquire.

Read more about our training programs HERE

Dementia Training:

Practical Training for a Practical Workforce

Are you after dementia training that will actually translate into practice? Sick of the death by PowerPoint approach or watching simulated cartoons of how to support people living with dementia - a one size fits all approach?

Our training is different. Its practical hands on training for a practical workforce. Our participants tell us that they learn new skills and techniques that they easily implement directly after attending our training. That’s important - There is no point in having training if it doesn’t carry over into practice!

So what makes our approach different?

Our training is based on a Positive Approach to Care the evidenced based approach developed by American Occupational Therapist and Dementia Expert Teepa Snow. At Thrive we are one of only a few providers in Australia to be credentialed to teach Teepa’s Positive Approach to Care.

Our training is based on understanding what’s happening for the person living with dementia - understanding their brain change, how they take in information from the world around them and how this may impact on what you see - their interactions that we may label as “behaviours”. We teach simple (yet powerful) strategies to change our approach - to compensate for the changing brain. Leading to better engagement and connection and a better way to support people living with dementia, to maximise independence, create better experiences, maintain dignity and minimise those “behaviours”.

We can provide our Dementia Training to everyone - at home carers, clinical staff or non clinical staff.

We currently provide training options for:

  • Onsite or online group training for Health, Aged Care and Community Care teams

  • One on one onsite training for personal care workers

  • Onsite or online training for carers and family / friends of people living with dementia

  • Online training options - Click HERE

For more information on our Dementia training programs click HERE.

We are able to tailor and deliver programs to suit the needs of your workforce. To see the full range of training and education opportunities that we are able to provide check out our Training and Education Overview HERE.

But don’t take it from us - Check out the reel below to see our training in action and hear participant feedback.

FREE WEBINARS and RESOURCES

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What our participants are saying

  • Workshop was great, informative and enjoyed that we were able to participate

    Cognition Workshop Participant

  • Great session, learnt so much valuable information to take away and use in everyday practice as an OT

    Cognition Workshop

  • Excellent knowledgeable presenter who was very adept at relating the information presented to the therapists and clinical settings represented.

    Cognition Website

  • Very informative and educational. Great information about differences in cognitive assessments

    Cognition Workshop

  • The speakers knew there topic was very enjoyable am going to go back to work and try to implement new tools

    Cognition Workshop

  • Excellent knowledgeable presenter who was very adept at relating the information presented to the therapists and clinical settings represented.

    Cognition Workshop

  • I would highly recommend the health professionals to attend this study day

    Cognition Workshop

  • Thrive certainly provides great informational about transformation in aged care, very inspiring!

    ACHE Recreation Workshop Participant

  • Amazing day, great to share experience with small group environment

    Mental Health Workshop

  • Todays workshop was very informative and detailed. It was interactive and involved all members of the group in the discussion. I would recommend this workshop to others.

    Cognition Workshop Participant

  • Went beyond my expectation for the day. Excellent presentation. Easy to understand and very practical. Able to take away new information and learning. Great snacks. Healthy options

    Cognition Workshop Participant

  • Thank you Anita and the Thrive team for the fantasic presentation. As a junior OT with acute hospital experience, I look forward to utilising my new skills in practise. The presentation has really boosted my confidence and ability. Thank you so much!

    Cognition Workshop Participant

  • Today’s workshop was inspiring. I felt privileged to have such a knowledgeable and experience presenter who was inclusive and so interesting to listen to. The information and handouts will provide a great impetus to improve services and timely assessment for our community.

    Cognition Workshop Participant

  • Very informative and practical workshop on cog impairment. Excellently delivered with the intention to equip and empower learners to be advocates to their clients

    Cognition Workshop Participant

  • Thank you for the PD session today and sharing your resources. The session was very informative.

    Mental Health Workshop - Dementia Australia Facilitator

  • We all felt it was excellent, especially learning about how symptoms of depression, bipolar or schizophrenia can present as symptoms of dementia. Very very interesting.

    Mental Health Workshop Participant

  • The webinar was one of the best training sessions I have attended in a long time

    ACHE Recreation Webinar Participant

  • I liked the alternative thinking and out of the box possibilities being openly discussed

    ACHE Recreation Webinar Participant

  • Excellent presentation. Good content for new coordinators and timely refresher for the experienced. Something for everyone, especially our residents.

    ACHE Recreation Webinar Participant

  • I felt so motivated and was very engaged with the information

    ACHE Recreation Webinar Participant

  • I found this webinar to be extremely informative and it was a wonderful opportunity to experience other points of view from other Lifestyle Coordinators, I am looking at implementing some changes on how we run our activities as this inspired me to empower our residents each day with how we work together as a big team.

    ACHE Recreation Webinar Participant

  • By far the best most relevant Dementia training I’ve attended. Highly recommend for all people working / caring for people with Dementia. The brain change explanation was excellent

    Dementia Masterclass Participant

  • This training is like nothing I have ever been to before.it Explained brain changes in simple terms and gave excellent strategies to assist/support the person with theses brain changes.

    Dementia Masterclass Participant

  • This session was very detailed and interactive. I really enjoyed it and would encourage anyone working with PLWD to attend

    Dementia Training Participant

  • What an informative session - Kate, Kathy & Gabby are absolutely incredible presenters with hands on techniques to take back to the workplace and use immediately - thankyou for sharing your wonderful knowledge ladies

    Dementia Training Participant

  • A thorough and comprehensive programme that teaches real practical skills to work with clients and reduce problems. A must for anyone working with clients with dementia to improve their and your life.

    Dementia Training Participant